Christopher Brawn

Recent articles by Christopher Brawn

The pantomime of design education

Issue 60, Summer 2006

Opinion

Letter from Christopher Brawn

Packed with pics

Feature

The cutting edge of fashion

Feature

Understanding the P-word

Feature

The complete graphic designer

Issue 41, Autumn 2001

Review

As a senior designer and member of Total Design management, Ben Bos enjoyed the same…

Faster wesbite thrill, thrill

Feature

Type: Science and conscience

Feature

Endangered species

Issue 53, Autumn 2004

Review

Piet Gerards is a craftsman. You can’t fail to notice this from the moment you…

Art on newsprint

Issue 57, Autumn 2005

Feature

The many sides of Willem Sandberg

Issue 56, Summer 2005

Review

No graphic design history is complete without the inclusion of Jonkheer Willem Jacob Henri Berend…

Recent blog posts about Christopher Brawn

Sparking fear

1 February 2025
Book design, Information design, Reviews

Joy and Fear offers a snapshot of modernity … [it] functions as a manual and audit on how the world works now …

Joy and Fear offers a snapshot of modernity … [it] functions as a manual and audit on how the world works now …

Movie auteur as poster designer

30 August 2013
Graphic design, Illustration, Posters, Visual culture

A BFI exhibition shows the posters that multi-tasking Indian film-maker Satyajit Ray designed for his own movies
Satyajit Ray was one of the great auteurs of world cinema, writes Chris Brawn. The…

À la mode

12 November 2010
Design history, Reviews, Visual culture

The 50-year career of Hollywood’s greatest costume designer, Edith Head
The voracious appetite of the publishing industry often results in monographs being issued before the…

Blood and cleavage

31 October 2010
Graphic design, Illustration, Posters, Visual culture

A new book of scary posters and super creeps from the house of Hammer
The upcoming release of Let Me In, an English-language remake of the Swedish horror Let…