Review
Someone has to be interested
I have thought about this book a lot and still don’t know what to make…
Urging cuspers to take a trip
To launch Tate Modern and Tate Britain, the organisation Tate (an appellation which, however much…
Under Anger’s arcane spell
Artistic innovation often originates at the margins among mavericks and outcasts. Kenneth Anger (b 1927)…
Digital cut and paste from India
‘In a realm of Calvino-esque echoes, the “invisible cities” begin to unravel their presence, at…
What a wind-up! Four decades of problems and ‘style’
British Design & Art Direction – D&AD – is 40 years old and, like many…
A fraternity of trifles
With Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan upending expectations of the comic book form (and winning the…
An Italian in Zurich
Concrete art was a resolutely European art form (or, to be more specific, a Swiss-German…
LA logo attack
An entirely troubling aspect of debates about product placement (an egregious and underhand marketing practice…
Black gold
If there can be such a thing as a revolutionary coffee table book, Freedom Rhythm…
Towards a theory of everything design
Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field has the potential to be a popular academic…