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Paradise debunked
The consensus among designers is that the middle of the last century was the golden…
Pictures made of books
Few children’s picturebooks are quite like this. A Child of Books (Walker Books, £12.99) is…
Grignani
‘Franco Grignani: Art as Design 1950-1990’ at London’s Estorick Collection (5 July – 10 September…
From magic lanterns to virtual reality
In her preface, Maureen Furniss tells it how it was: ‘In twenty years of teaching…
In praise of infrastructure: BR’s corporate identity manual is resurrected
The British Rail Corporate Identity Manual was a labour of love for Wallace Henning, a…
Living in the present
You want inspiration? Buy this book! It is as simple as that. Cleverly exploring a…
Design’s ugly truths
I have a shelf full of books preaching sermons clearly addressed towards the choir of…
A single-minded art director
A stone’s throw from the building in Cologne where Twen, Germany’s Zeitgeist magazine of the…
Soothing deadlines
Christoph Niemann’s Sunday Sketching (Abrams, $40, £25) includes a few ‘greatest hits’ from his time…
Notes from the American North-West
With a notebook and pencil poking out of the top pocket of his denim work…