Review
The wrong browsers
It gives me no pleasure to say that this is a truly dreadful book that…
The birth of Swiss graphic design
It was in an attempt to clarify the meaning of language as arising from its use…
Fruitful lines of graphic type analysis
In late 2002, a group of subscribers to the ATypI mailing list conspired to discuss…
A manual for readable typography
Inclusive Design reminds me of Max Bill’s later work: clean, simple and a good piece of communication.
Strangers on a train
The book is a poignant reminder of the passing of another quaint British institution.
The cutting edge of fashion
The decision to show the work alphabetically renders it not so much an ‘exhibition in a book’, as a directory.
How to be a graphic designer without losing your shirt
This book sets out to ‘help you become an effective and self-reliant graphic designer’. Adrian…
Last night I dreamt of a page set in Bitstream Futura
Book Typography is a brief, dense tour around the processes of typesetting texts for books.
Graphic novels for starters
Paul Gravett’s book is a beginner’s guide to one of the most rapidly growing regions of the book publishing world.
Handmade graphics refuse to go quietly
Despite huge progressions made by technologies for graphics and printing, the handmade graphic refuses to go away