Review: Typography
In praise of infrastructure: BR’s corporate identity manual is resurrected
The British Rail Corporate Identity Manual was a labour of love for Wallace Henning…
More than just a gridnik
Wim Crouwel: Modernist is the disingenuously bald title of a richly textured portrait…
A single-minded art director
A stone’s throw from the building in Cologne where Twen, Germany’s Zeitgeist magazine…
The ‘bookness’ of books
Hundreds of books about books have been published during the past century. A complete…
Thesis & antithesis & synthesis (& EJ)
There are few high-profile ‘traditional’ graphic design studios whose members discuss…
The unsung stencil master
W. A. Dwiggins (1880-1956), the US designer best known for his typefaces Metro…
Automonography
Abbott Miller’s book tells the story of a life in design: starting out – as his wife…
A message for modernity
In the late 1950s I had tea in London with László Moholy-Nagy’s former secretary…
The museum man
This confidently displayed show draws a line in the sand. It secures the De La Warr…
Tightly cropped critique
The subtitle of James Clough’s generously illustrated Signs of Italy: Outdoor…