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Adrian Shaughnessy

Recent articles by Adrian Shaughnessy

Who cares if you read?Issue 99, Autumn 2019
Review

                                                David Carson is indelibly linked to the notion of the ‘end of print’, encapsulated by…                        
A Dutch battle that still rattlesIssue 90, Summer 2015
Review

                                                Fiery debates on the ethical, political and cultural ramifications of graphic design are rare. Yet…                        
Rethinking LubalinIssue 83, Summer 2012
Feature

                                            
	As his book on Herb Lubalin – the first in almost 30 years – goes to press, Adrian Shaughnessy explains his change of heart about the US typographer            
One man brand?Issue 76, Summer 2010
Feature

                                            Manfred Eicher’s uncompromising artistic vision has always defined the look and feel of ECM.            
Failure – the designer’s guardian angel [EXTRACT]Issue 71, Spring 2009
Review

                                                The phrase ‘Design Disasters’ is a bit of Helleresque sensationalism. Perhaps the great man has…                        
Instant TarkovskyIssue 60, Summer 2006
Review

                                                Film directors who began their careers as stills photographers are not as common as might…                        
Back on the old battlegroundFeature

                                    
Sad beauty of Bucher’s cover artFeature

                                    
Oliver’s PostersIssue 63, Spring 2007
Review

                                                The latest music industry fly-poster spotted on the way to work used to be a…                        
Raise the barIssue 79, Spring 2011
Feature

                                            Uncompromising posters for the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers in Paris            
Light and shade at the picture houseIssue 41, Autumn 2001
Review

                                                The work of conceptualist photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto explores notions of ‘comparison and similarity’. You might…                        
Not browsing but readingIssue 36, Summer 2000
Feature

                                            Is there an alternative to scrolling text and gap-toothed HTML?            
Truth lies in the surfaceIssue 42, Winter 2001
Feature

                                            You can feel it. The unimpeachable authenticity of uncoated board            
ReductionIssue 38, Winter 2000
Feature

                                            Is graphic design, with its allusions and clutter, fundamentally antithetical to minimalism?            
Reinterpreting the classicsIssue 21, Summer 1996
Feature

                                            For a handful of classical record companies, expressive design is a commercial priority.            
Pre-postmodernityIssue 50, Winter 2003
Feature

                                            
	Does a small book from nearly 30 years ago encapsulate a ‘golden age’?            
Laptop aestheticsIssue 49, Autumn 2003
Feature

                                            
	A crackly, digital approach informs one of three current design trends.            
Schism and reunificationIssue 72, Summer 2009
Feature

                                            
	Where there was once discord, there is now harmony, as design zealously embraces the made image. Adrian Shaughnessy analyses ‘this new hybrid – type-based yet infused with fluid and expressive qualities’            
Smoke and glueIssue 39, Spring 2001
Feature

                                            
	The visual candour of Wallace Berman’s hand-bound Semina magazine links 1950s hipster art with contemporary graphics            
Mo’WaxIssue 33, Autumn 1999
Feature

                                            
	The urban swagger of this small label’s music is mirrored by its freewheeling ‘house style’. By Adrian Shaughnessy            
Mystery and clarityIssue 52, Summer 2004
Feature

                                            These children’s book illustrations captured moments of social history            
Think of your ears as eyesIssue 16, Spring 1995
Feature

                                            Barbara Wojirsch and Dieter Rehm bring a mysterious beauty to the record label graphics of ECM            
Angela LorenzIssue 49, Autumn 2003
Feature

                                            
	A Berliner’s work finds parallels between laptop music and design. By Adrian Shaughnessy            
A glimpse of graphic hellIssue 53, Autumn 2004
Opinion

                                            Whatever ideological stance they take, designers must at least believe in design            
Recent blog posts about Adrian Shaughnessy

Historical digital

20 October 2011
Design history, Graphic design, Music design, New media, Technology, Visual culture
Adrian Shaughnessey on the rise of laptop aesthetics … from 2003
What are the major stylistic trends in current graphic design? wrote Adrian Shaughnessey in Eye…