Review: Design history

 
Japan’s seismic changes

Japan’s seismic changes

Much of the work shown in this impressive historical overview has rarely been published in…
 
Modernism in the slow lane

Modernism in the slow lane

In the years before the Second World War, Britain was slow to embrace the most…
 
In the shadow of Jenson

In the shadow of Jenson

For now, we must content ourselves with one of the most important books on the history of type written this century.

 
Call and response

Call and response

This hardback book is the catalogue for the 2022-2023 Letterform Archive exhibition of the same name…
 
Fading into significance

Fading into significance

Faded advertising signs are more widespread than we think. Ghost Signs: A London Story explores the…
 
Waiting at the intersection

Waiting at the intersection

Designers are often fascinated by a visual practice in which the maker enjoys an enviable autonomy usually unavailable to themselves.

 
Unfinished narratives

Unfinished narratives

In recent years, there has been a surge in the number of books and projects that…
 
Love letter to the future

Love letter to the future

The book’s position is stated in the title; it looks at design in relation to sexism, ableism and racism …

 
A ground-breaking survey

A ground-breaking survey

As educators of visual communication in the Arab world, we are all too often guilty of…
 
Max’s life is all mapped out

Max’s life is all mapped out

It is Max’s story of artistic struggle, hard work and self-belief [and] the emergence of graphic design as a discipline

 
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