Blog: Reviews
12 June 2025
Blood lines
It is always interesting to see a designer transcend the constraints of commercial practice …
21 May 2025
Serendipity and self-discovery
The publication includes Levit’s journey through a multi-faceted practice of designing, writing, teaching, editing, directing and archiving …
2 May 2025
Unbuilt environment
Exuding lavish production values, unimaginable back in the day, Archigram Ten picks up 50 years after the last one left off …
17 March 2025
Lost in the wash
For Asbury, purpose is the opposite of creativity: ‘Purpose is a closed mindset: it decides the goal in advance.’
1 February 2025
Sparking fear
Joy and Fear offers a snapshot of modernity … [it] functions as a manual and audit on how the world works now …
19 November 2024
Books received #59 (catalogues)
This ‘books received’ focuses on a trio of graphic design catalogues.
11 November 2024
A feast for the eye
Japan House London’s ‘Looks Delicious!’ is an incredible journey through a feast of Japanese food replica artistry and expertise.
25 September 2024
Books received #58
The history and visual language of trademarks; an activist approach to underrepresented voices; and the work of Marion Bataille.
26 July 2024
They showed backbone
Spinorama is an exhibition of book spines in East London. Simon Esterson takes a sideways look
5 July 2024
Seven artefacts in search of a museum
‘Design Discoveries: Towards a Design Museum Japan’ is a free exhibition currently showing at Japan House London …