Review
Revolutionary material in the flesh
This travelling exhibition – organised by the Hayward Gallery, London – features posters, flyers, books and film from all the leading strands of twentieth-century Modernism.
Abbott Miller in the driving seat
A new phase for the visual culture magazine 2wice begins with this paean to the…
1057
In the Traffic Signs Regulations of 1982, code 1057 refers to the road marking for…
The theatre that Swarte built
On April 30 1995, the Dutch cartoonist Joost Swarte was miserably tossing around on his…
Nothing like the real thing
Went to the conference, visited the exhibition, read the books but didn’t buy the T-shirt…
A very English tradition
If graphic design history can be read as a family tree, Britain has long played…
Zen and the art of design
Oullim, the keyword of the Icograda Millennium Congress, is a Korean word meaning “great harmony”…
Sharp thinking takes the prize
The latest Charles Nypels Prize for typography was awarded last November to Erik van Blokland…
Relax and you’ll be swept away
Where to start with a book like The Floating World: Ukiyo-e? There is a tendency…
Transforming data into human stories
Modern pictograms, icons, scientific illustrations and graphic user interfaces owe a lot to the work…