Review
Thinking machine
In the vestibule of Level G at the Barbican a man stands before a large…
Encyclopedic ambitions
English-language historical surveys of illustration have been undertaken on both sides of the Atlantic from…
Big idea, small footprint
New York’s Mmuseumm is not a freak show but rather a show of freaky, poignant…
Minard’s retirement plans
Sandra Rendgen’s The Minard System re-contextualises in book form for the first time the entire…
Adventures in the book trade
Printing R-Evolution’ has been an unexpected public success, confounding expectations that the incunabula period of…
Hard-working hooligans
Scan the pages of recent graphic design history, and its coverage of the rule-breaking mantras…
Information and emancipation
This book brings to light an audacious moment in the long career of civil rights…
Easy reading
Paul Luna has written a very thorough explanation of typography as a subject and a…
File under undefined
Edward Gorey (1925-2000) spent most of his life trying to remain uncategorised and undefined. Despite…
A century of no, No, NO
An air of discontent has been fomenting in the US since the turmoil of the…