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Jessica Jenkins

Recent articles by Jessica Jenkins

Urban brandsFeature

                                    
The frozen pastIssue 54, Winter 2004
Feature

                                            For a time, traces of Berlin’s prewar past could be glimpsed in fragments of shop signs            
A graphic haven in the heart of Berlin [extract]Feature

                                    
Busy branding in Brno [EXTRACT]Feature

                                    
BauhausIssue 73, Autumn 2009
Review

                                                ‘Arguing is part of the Bauhaus,’ says Philipp Oswalt, director of the current Dessau institution…                        
Football, politics and the mafiaIssue 71, Spring 2009
Feature

                                            
	The walls of Naples are a canvas for the crimes, passions and contradictions of the city’s inhabitants            
Remembrance of things pastIssue 58, Winter 2005
Feature

                                            The renovation of Paris’ oldest métro line reveals traces of a century of billboard advertising            
Depth of fieldIssue 74, Winter 2009
Feature

                                            chezweitz &amp; roseapple are the new scenographers, who persuade museum curators to take the integrated approach.             
A Modernist’s voyage of discoveryIssue 80, Summer 2011
Review

                                                The Design Museum’s Wim Crouwel retrospective offers a voyage of discovery into form-making – the…                        
Brand madness 3Issue 54, Winter 2004
Opinion

                                            
	Letter from Jessica Jenkins            

Recent blog posts about Jessica Jenkins

Powers of Pabrü

15 March 2018
Critical path, Design history, Graphic design, Music design, Posters

To discover the work of ‘Pabrü’ – Swiss designer Paul Brühwiler – head to Falmouth University. Jessica Jenkins sets the scene

‘Pabrü’, opens on 23 March 2018 at Falmouth University and offers fresh insights into the…

Fresh ideas, fresh air

11 November 2015
Design education, Design history, Graphic design, Magazines, Posters, Typography

Academics and practitioners meet in Falmouth, Cornwall to discuss the issues affecting research in graphic design

On Friday 20 November 2015, academics, publishers and practitioners in graphic design will meet at…

Tear-off type walls in Berlin

20 May 2013
Design history, Graphic design, Reviews, Typography

The Bauhaus Archive presents a tour of German-language typographic history with ‘On-Type: Texts on Typography’.

They say that an exhibition should never be a book on a wall, but ‘On-Type’…

Give us back our design!

17 August 2012
Design history, Graphic design, Posters, Visual culture

East Germany’s biggest design archive is about to be put under wraps, inaccessible to scholars and the general public, writes Jessica Jenkins

In the period of political upheaval immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall, an…

Not pasted over

3 August 2012
Design history, Graphic design, Illustration, Posters

East German posters are given a place in design history, thanks to Plakat Ost’s exhibition in Berlin

The rituals of telling the story of East Germany have become as tired as the…

Break out of the cloisters

3 May 2012
Design education, Design history, Graphic design, Illustration, Magazines

Explore ‘Socialist Modernity’ at a forthcoming RCA symposium

Venture outside the world of blogs and back-slapping designer conferences, writes Jessica Jenkins. Everyday academic life…