Review: Typography
A message for modernity
In the late 1950s I had tea in London with László Moholy-Nagy’s former secretary, surrounded…
The museum man
This confidently displayed show draws a line in the sand. It secures the De La…
Tightly cropped critique
The subtitle of James Clough’s generously illustrated Signs of Italy: Outdoor Lettering Up and Down…
Weimar volumes
The musical Cabaret gave a popular view of Berlin between the two world wars; the…
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…
Elegantly nerdish
Cuneiform (the name means ‘wedge-shaped’) was, as far as these things can be determined, the…
A Roman legacy
The Eternal Letter is the first in a series of books dedicated to letterforms to…
A man of high purpose
Drawn from the magnificent archive of the artist’s family, this engaging centenary exhibition explores the…