Review: Design history
From exotic wonderland to self-determination
Leaving through this compendium of 900 posters, many produced in Africa but some in Europe, I…
Decorated sheds at the urban crossroads
In 1972, postmodern architects Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi proclaimed they were ‘learning from Las…
Prints of Persia: Islamic World Posters
Organised by the Iranian Academy of Art in association with the Saba Artistic and Cultural Center, this new event provided an opportunity to see artists not only from Iran, but also from Syria, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, the Sudan and elsewhere, whose work is rarely shown at poster biennials.
The look of young Japan
The title of this doorstop-sized tome says a lot about Japanese design all by itself. JPG…
Japan’s seismic changes
Much of the work shown in this impressive historical overview has rarely been published in…
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
For now, we must content ourselves with one of the most important books on the history of type written this century.
Call and response
This hardback book is the catalogue for the 2022-2023 Letterform Archive exhibition of the same name…
Fading into significance
Faded advertising signs are more widespread than we think. Ghost Signs: A London Story explores the…
Waiting at the intersection
Designers are often fascinated by a visual practice in which the maker enjoys an enviable autonomy usually unavailable to themselves.