Review
Where the grid came from [EXTRACT]
The universe in squares [EXTRACT]
Raymond Chandler wrote: ‘Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.’
Gentleman’s relish [EXTRACT]
Gert Dumbar was always a social animal. He possessed an impish sense of humour, a twinkle in his eye, bags of charm, and he knew how to use them …
Just ink it
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.’s fearless handbills and posters are powerful, expressive statements of intuitive, spontaneous print activism …
Democracy is in the details
New era
Era 05. World Design Congress. 22-28 September 2005, Helsinki, Gothenburg, Oslo and Copenhagen. Reviewed by Steve Rigley
You can’t bomb a virus
Monika Parrinder, Colin Davies
Refreshing but inscrutably exotic
3030: New Graphic Design in China brings together 30 designers, most of whom were born around the end of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) …
Definitive enough for now
Inglis manages to be authoritative while introducing the full range of topics and sub-categories that fit under the heading of graphic design.
Scars of struggle
In the 300 full bleed images and gatefold sections, we get under the skin of real people and feel the penetrating gaze of Human Rights Watch …