Review: Reviews
Consequences for the comic artist
Nelson is, according to Rob Davis’s introduction, ‘a testament to what comics truly are’. But…
Gnomic utterances
There is nothing new about artist’s books composed from pieced together, ironically juxtaposed snippets of…
Product design: secular religion or useful hobby?
Encouraged, no doubt, by the well deserved success of his first documentary, Helvetica (2007; see…
Drink me
From its cork-finished covers to its wine-bottle proportions, Eduardo del Fraile’s Wine Labels looks and…
The mystery of frozen locomotion
This exhibition explores the static, two-dimensional representation of movement. In the catalogue (and in his…
All the flat boys
Michelle Cotton’s book, produced to accompany a Cubitt Gallery touring exhibition (see ‘From bombs to…
Culturing feedback on feedback culture
Blogs are easy to approach: you stumble on a link, read an article or two…
Delights at the end of the Mersey tunnel
Little known outside the northwest of England, Steve Hardstaff can correctly be described as ‘designer-in-chief…
Under Anger’s arcane spell
Artistic innovation often originates at the margins among mavericks and outcasts. Kenneth Anger (b 1927)…
What a wind-up! Four decades of problems and ‘style’
British Design & Art Direction – D&AD – is 40 years old and, like many…