Blog: Visual culture
5 February 2018
The inescapable weirdness of the West
It is not until the very end of Calls Will Be Recorded For Training And…
24 January 2018
The visual language of Pooh
One of most charming and clever aspects of the Christopher Robin books (by A. A…
15 January 2018
Books received #31
Fili in Barcelona, the colours of Pawson, Bierut’s essays, dissent and the Resistance, and Alice Hawkins’ highly personal adventures
Here is yet another selection of books that caught our attention in recent weeks and…
3 January 2018
The accidental student
What happens when you have just minutes to come up with a design? John Ridpath writes about the problem-solving benefits of ‘creative accidents’
‘Look at the photocopied type specimens on the table. Pick a letter “A” that you…
29 December 2017
Noted #85
Archimedes wood type, Lubalin’s root beer label, Play! diary, Fedrigoni 365, L’Obs does Camus, Riposte #9 … and eels
Here are a few things that caught our attention in recent weeks. The Virgin Wood…
13 December 2017
Alone in the dark
Typographic artist Sam Winston explores the visual inspiration that comes from total darkness
Sam Winston’s new exhibition ‘Darkness Visible’ at London’s Southbank Centre brings the viewer into his…
20 November 2017
ModMag17: Part two
The second instalment of Sarah Snaith’s report from the fifth annual Modern Magazine conference in London
Writer and podcaster Liv Siddall kicked off the afternoon of the ModMag17 conference with a…
16 November 2017
Seeing double
An Italian duo combines illustrations with photographs for an exhibition that questions the authenticity of social media
‘Double Trouble’ is a collaboration between two Italian artists: the photographer and videographer Giacomo Favilla…
10 November 2017
ModMag17: Part one
Sarah Snaith reports from the fifth annual Modern Magazine conference
The fifth annual Modern Magazine conference, initiated and curated by magCulture founder Jeremy Leslie, took…
6 November 2017
Books received #30
This Is Me, Full Stop., Jonny Hannah, Hi-Fi Living, Sardon’s Stampography and drawings of UFOs
Here is yet another selection of books that caught our attention in recent weeks and…