Review
Crumb’s graphic sweepings
Crumb has been the comics’ deity for me since the early 1960s when I saw…
Pink is the new black(letter)
Since 1998, when Peter Bain and I staged the exhibition ‘Blackletter: Type and National Identity’…
Golden years
Published in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and amid the increasing hype of…
Good intentions writ large
The three alternatives recommended by the authors of Conscientious Objectives are to ‘work for ethical…
The skeleton of a good read
This is a strongly personal selection of examples of book design, many from the author’s…
Big book of books
Bibliographic is a book about books. British designer Jason Godfrey has selected 100 books about…
Credits where due
How do you make God laugh? Make plans! How do you make your publisher cry…
Letters from Bologna
You could read the promotional material for this conference several times without getting a clear…
The organic type designer
In the early 1980s, being a type designer was a rarity, and publishing a typeface…
Private moments with public art
The Public Art Fund has taken art to the streets of New York for over…