Review: Graphic design
Nested narratives
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Abrams, $35, £21.99) – the book of the film – comes…
Unpredictable Swiss design
The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, created in 1875, was a pioneer institution in collecting graphic…
Ring-bound to rule them all
Manuals 2: Design & Identity Guidelines (Unit Editions, £75) follows Unit Editions’ Manuals 1, 201…
Anecdotage
GraphicsRCA: Fifty Years and Beyond, which reminisces over the past half-century of the graphic design…
History of pictures worth reading
Benoît Buquet, a teacher of the theory and history of contemporary art, sees no reason…
A Dutch battle that still rattles
Fiery debates on the ethical, political and cultural ramifications of graphic design are rare. Yet…
Master of the minimal
When did logos begin? The wordmarks and symbols of Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, Mercedes-Benz, Bayer, Shell and…
California is a state of mind
Rendered, on the cover of Metropolis’s American edition, in iridescent foil and set against a…
Learning from Ladybird
For any member of the generations who grew up with Ladybird Books, the mini-hardback format…
A man of high purpose
Drawn from the magnificent archive of the artist’s family, this engaging centenary exhibition explores the…