Summer 2026
From the heart, head and hand
Margaret Calvert: Woman at Work
Designed by Calvert in collaboration with A2 / SW / HK. Published by Unit Editions, £60. Reviewed by Elizabeth Resnick
Margaret Calvert: Woman at Work celebrates more than six decades of an extraordinary career in design and education, beginning in the late 1950s and continuing today (Calvert turns 90 in May). Crowdfunded by more than 650 backers, the book traces her work as a pioneering typographer, type designer, graphic designer and educator. Designed by Calvert in collaboration with A2 / SW / HK (Henrik Kubel and Scott Williams), it is edited by Adrian Shaughnessy and published by Unit Editions, now an imprint of Thames & Hudson and crowdfunded through Volume.
Generously sized at 285 × 210 mm and sumptuously illustrated, the book’s 256 pages are largely set in 18-point New Rail Alphabet, emphasising Calvert’s lifelong commitment to clarity and legibility. The cover reworks the iconic ‘Men at Work’ pictogram to replace the male figure with Calvert herself ...
Elizabeth Resnick, design educator, curator, writer, Massachusetts, US
Read the full version in Eye no. 110 vol. 28, 2026
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