Review
Larger than life itself: 2x4 at SFMOMA
Rhonda Rubinstein, David Peters
The third in a series devoted to emerging talent in design and architecture, the 2x4 exhibition slinks out of its gallery on to the nearby freight elevator and hallway.
The many sides of Willem Sandberg
Chris Brawn, Christopher Brawn
No graphic design history is complete without the inclusion of Jonkheer Willem Jacob Henri Berend…
Symbolise and summarise
Why has there never been a definitive book about the work of Saul Bass, one…
Impressions of another time
In an attempt to re-assess the foundations of today’s electronic type design, Fred Smeijers went…
Jump-cut collage
‘Roman Cieslewicz’, at London’s Royal College of Art features more than 150 items by the…
No way to treat a woman (designer)
A couple of years ago I wrote a series of essays whose working title was…
Not dead, just sleeping
There are 300 or so death masks in the collection of the Edinburgh Phrenological Society…
Famous for fifteen megabytes
In digital culture, nothing is ever perfect or finished. Glitch art and design celebrates the…
Pattern recognition
Unless you have had your head stuck in a white cube since the flip of…
Talkin’ ’bout font generations
Do you guys always talk this much about yourself in presentations?’ asked Vladimir, a Russian…