Review: Critical path
Theory must be put to work
Dutch art and design academies, unlike their UK counterparts, can be relied on to produce quality…
Defending the reader’s rights
Fellow Readers attempts to correct the theoretical posture of designers who subscribe to notions borrowed from post-structuralism and deconstruction
Copyright will tear us apart
When the Association Typographique Internationale was founded in 1957, it was essentially a typesetting manufacturers’ organisation…
Democracy is in the details
This was a national conference, with straightforward and memorable presentations from Matt Groening, Milton Glaser, Sylvia Harris and Dave Eggers …
Getting into good trouble
While we doomscroll, Spiegelman is still the poster boy for consequential drawing, and he reminds us that enduring printed matter still matters …
Fighting words
There is an elephant in the room, but there are some signs that we are…
Crisis by design
Editors Tony Fry and Adam Nocek present Design in Crisis as part of an ‘ongoing conversation that aims to challenge how designers engage with the planetary crises …
Read and destroy
Art and design pedagogy is generally agreed today on the imperative for educators to facilitate independent…
A rallying cry for ethics
There could not be a more apt time for the publication of Ethics in Design and…
A century of no, No, NO
An air of discontent has been fomenting in the US since the turmoil of the…