Blog: Design history

22 September 2011

Type and structure

Type and structure

julia thrift

Revisiting UK design practice 8vo, creators of Octavo magazine
The small, London-based design practice 8vo has an unusual position in the recent history of…

19 September 2011

Noted #11

Noted #11

noted

NYT time lapse, facsimile dustjackets, nerdy day trips and LDF madness
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

15 September 2011

Typotranslation: à l’infinitif

Typotranslation: à l’infinitif

the form of the book

Richard Hamilton turned Duchamp’s notes into typographic form
‘It’s as though a science textbook has been put into type by an intoxicated typographer…

9 September 2011

Noted #10

Noted #10

noted

A minimal objection, reading a cube, the latest letterpress and Sutnar
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

31 August 2011

Reputations revisited: Terry Jones

Reputations revisited: Terry Jones

john l. walters

i-D’s founder and art director says, ‘design shouldn’t be complicated.’
‘I’m a creative director. I work with photographers. Years ago I said design is a…

29 August 2011

Noted #8

Noted #8

noted

Why care about type? Ben Bos, HMV and playbills from the Leeds archive
More links to sites, articles and interviews that grabbed our attention this week. ‘How to…

26 August 2011

Brothers in arts

Brothers in arts

alexander ecob

The Stenberg brothers’ posters are as beguiling today as they ever were
While debates rage about the relevance of the poster to contemporary graphic design (see ‘Help!’…

18 August 2011

Design, music, magic

Design, music, magic

the events department

Revisiting Eye’s music design special in the run up to Vision Sound Music
Vision Sound Music, ‘the UKʼs first festival of music for visuals’, opens at London’s South…

9 August 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alex cameron, type tuesday

Scholarly and beautiful, a 1918 book by typographer Frederic W. Goudy
Frederic W. Goudy was one of the most prolific type designers of the twentieth century…

8 August 2011

Modern visions

Modern visions

the events department

Estorick exhibition to crown Edward McKnight Kauffer the ‘poster king’
While debate furiously rages as to whether the poster is still (or ever has been)…
 
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