Robin Richmond

Recent articles by Robin Richmond

Zen and the art of typographic reduction

Feature

An information design theme park without a map

Feature

Swiss modern writ small

Feature

Good-looking double-book that's a bind to read

Feature

Ceci n’est pas une exposition

Issue 70, Winter 2008

Review

Constraints, Charles Eames was once quoted as saying, are the factors that shape design more…

Consequent to the last detail

Issue 73, Autumn 2009

Review

Looking at the kitchen mixers, hi-fi equipment and other products that Dieter Rams (b. 1932)…

Fun and virals in Berlin

Issue 76, Summer 2010

Review

Over three balmy spring days, the fifteenth TYPO Berlin brought together some heavyweight international speakers…

The look of Web 2.0

Issue 66, Winter 2007

Feature

Does the new wave of social media site design denote a shift in communication? Or is it just the ‘new black’?

Propaganda for the pocket

Issue 10, Autumn 1993

Feature

Czech matchbox labels form a miniature gallery of Czechoslovakian society under communism

A manual for readable typography

Issue 58, Winter 2005

Review

Inclusive Design reminds me of Max Bill’s later work: clean, simple and a good piece of communication.

Blog posts by Robin Richmond

More TYPO Berlin

30 May 2010
Graphic design, Reviews, Typography

Likes and dislikes: part two of Eye’s coverage of the 2010 conference
The fifteenth TYPO Berlin brought together some international heavyweight speakers over three balmy spring days…

At the mercy of the Twitter critics

24 May 2010
Graphic design, Technology, Typography, Visual culture

Robin Richmond is left wondering what defines value at TYPO Berlin. Part one of two reports
TYPO Berlin 2010 is Europe’s largest design conference, writes Robin Richmond, with 1500 delegates from…