Review
The advocacy of Tschichold
As Paul Stirton, the curator of ‘Jan Tschichold and the New Typography’ readily admits, his…
Where was Weimar?
The era of the Weimar Republic, which emerged in Germany in the wake of the…
Design odyssey
Stanley Kubrick (1928-99) has long been the ultimate designers’ director, a man who presided over…
In search of dialogue
The Design Observer (DO) blog was launched in 2003 by William Drenttel, Jessica Helfand, Michael…
One lifetime is not enough
If you are not familiar with the joyous work of designer Gere Kavanaugh, one look…
Who cares if you read?
David Carson is indelibly linked to the notion of the ‘end of print’, encapsulated by…
A new world of worlds
‘What would it take to construct a non-Eurocentric design imagination?’ This is the stark question…
Yes we can change
Sunny Dolat, co-founder of The Nest Collective, at What Design Can Do México City, 2019…
Walker’s riddles
Tim Walker’s photographs are dispatches from a non-parallel universe. His images convey a glittering otherness…
Faenza mon amour
Faenza is a pleasant little medieval Italian town with a name meaning ‘glazed earthenware’ (as…