Review
Grignani
‘Franco Grignani: Art as Design 1950-1990’ at London’s Estorick Collection (5 July – 10 September…
From magic lanterns to virtual reality
In her preface, Maureen Furniss tells it how it was: ‘In twenty years of teaching…
In praise of infrastructure: BR’s corporate identity manual is resurrected
The British Rail Corporate Identity Manual was a labour of love for Wallace Henning, a…
Living in the present
You want inspiration? Buy this book! It is as simple as that. Cleverly exploring a…
More than just a gridnik
Wim Crouwel: Modernist is the disingenuously bald title of a richly textured portrait of the…
Design’s ugly truths
I have a shelf full of books preaching sermons clearly addressed towards the choir of…
A single-minded art director
A stone’s throw from the building in Cologne where Twen, Germany’s Zeitgeist magazine of the…
Soothing deadlines
Christoph Niemann’s Sunday Sketching (Abrams, $40, £25) includes a few ‘greatest hits’ from his time…
Notes from the American North-West
With a notebook and pencil poking out of the top pocket of his denim work…
Book of the mag of the moment
IL is the monthly supplement of the Italian business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. Since…