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Ambassador for reading

Ambassador for reading

In his daughter Flora’s schoolyard, the late Dutch type designer Gerard Unger (1942-2018) was once approached by a mother who told him that her daughter … [EXTRACT]

 
Feminist pot-luck

Feminist pot-luck

If you can get your hands on an original copy of Bookmaking on the Distaff Side, consider yourself lucky – it was printed in an edition of just 100 copies …

 
Prism of teaching

Prism of teaching

Paul Elliman once spoke of a hypothetical online teaching environment that would embrace digital resources: ‘dictionaries, search engines, mailing lists, chat-rooms …

 
Cool lists for dark days

Cool lists for dark days

Gilles Peterson is known for his unfeasibly large record collection and an unstoppable enthusiasm for Black…
 
Love letter to the future

Love letter to the future

The book’s position is stated in the title; it looks at design in relation to sexism, ableism and racism …

 
Crisis by design

Crisis by design

Editors Tony Fry and Adam Nocek present Design in Crisis as part of an ‘ongoing conversation that aims to challenge how designers engage with the planetary crises …

 
A curatorial homecoming

A curatorial homecoming

‘As a bird, forever in flight, forever searching for a place to come to rest’ was novelist Arnold Bennett’s description of his friend Edward McKnight Kauffer …

 
From gothic to roman, almost

From gothic to roman, almost

Most books on the history of type design follow a familiar trajectory. They either provide a…
 
Japan in the fast lane

Japan in the fast lane

Tokyo 1964 Official Poster (No 3) Butterfly Swimmer designed by Kamekura Yūsaku. Courtesy of Prince Chichibu…
 
Pictoglyphic time travel

Pictoglyphic time travel

If the concept of ‘designer and illustrator as author’ is worthy of close attention outside children’s…
 
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