Review
Out of the shallows
This photograph of a deliriously colourful 1969 swimming pool designed by Verner Panton for the…
Duo-tome
In 2013, the overblown, completist pretensions of a career-defining monograph seem, well, a bit old-fashioned…
Letters on location
Many francophiles would say that there are more interesting, beautiful cities to visit in France…
Mr Beck’s uke map
Just over a hundred years ago the music business experienced its first major crisis. The…
The physics of sitting
Brian Lutz’s Eero Saarinen: Furniture for Everyman will appeal to all designers – as much…
More than a gender
‘I never set out to be the only woman blah-blah,’ insists Paula Scher, the first…
Design history disciplined
What kind of discipline is graphic design history? Catherine de Smet provided one answer in…
Beck and beyond
Harry Beck’s underground map must be the most celebrated, discussed and fetishised instance of information…
Glorious transit
Let’s face it, graphic design is short of real drama. There are no good design…
An enquiring mind
Ken Garland (b. 1929) is something of an enigma in British graphic design. Not fitting…