Review
Sex and pulp and rock’n’roll
In 1952, US Congressman Ezekiel C. Gathings singled out pocket-sized, mass-market paperbacks as being for…
Sailing down a mighty river of type
Over the past five centuries the Netherlands has become an extremely densely populated country and…
Essential on every level
The title of Stephen Shore’s The Nature of Photographs promises to peel its subject to…
Stereotyping for pictures, power and profit
Stereotyping was the name given by the French printer Fermin Didot in 1794 to his…
A geezer with blunt scissors
In London, not far from where I live, there is a man who stands on…
The complete graphic designer
As a senior designer and member of Total Design management, Ben Bos enjoyed the same…
Photographs of food
Published and designed by the Swiss / American practice Coromandel Design, 01.2 Manger / Eat…
Oliver’s Posters
The latest music industry fly-poster spotted on the way to work used to be a…
Humanity And Publicity
This handsome and well illustrated monograph is the latest in a sequence of studies of…
Edward Wright’s Optimism On Display
Edward Wright (1912-88) was a designer, artist, writer and teacher. His work is incredibly diverse…