Review: Visual culture
Violently opposed to war
Looking for images of ‘peace’ on the internet yields predictable and clichéd results, as Signs…
Cute cultural tourism
Hello Kitty and Pokemon seem to have taken over the world in recent decades. But…
Menacing identities
This brooding black hardback, which looks like a CIA manual, is a worldwide survey of…
Cold war modern machine music
Music humanises technology: from the thump of a hunter’s bone to the whine of a…
If not for design …
Books about design aimed at a relatively broad audience that are historically informed and critically…
Out of the shallows
This photograph of a deliriously colourful 1969 swimming pool designed by Verner Panton for the…
The theatre that Swarte built
On April 30 1995, the Dutch cartoonist Joost Swarte was miserably tossing around on his…
The book as dark, musty gallery
Graphic designer Carin Goldberg’s first book is a catalogue. Though at first glance it is reminiscent…
Stamps and the public interest
Since Rowland Hill’s introduction of the Penny Black in 1840, the postage stamp has been…
From A-Z but not in that order
Hypermedia is a glorious encapsulation of other media. It has brought video, computing, design, sound…