Review
Essential on every level
The title of Stephen Shore’s The Nature of Photographs promises to peel its subject to…
Stereotyping for pictures, power and profit
Stereotyping was the name given by the French printer Fermin Didot in 1794 to his…
A geezer with blunt scissors
In London, not far from where I live, there is a man who stands on…
The complete graphic designer
As a senior designer and member of Total Design management, Ben Bos enjoyed the same…
Photographs of food
Published and designed by the Swiss / American practice Coromandel Design, 01.2 Manger / Eat…
Oliver’s Posters
The latest music industry fly-poster spotted on the way to work used to be a…
Humanity And Publicity
This handsome and well illustrated monograph is the latest in a sequence of studies of…
Edward Wright’s Optimism On Display
Edward Wright (1912-88) was a designer, artist, writer and teacher. His work is incredibly diverse…
Quirks of branding
Shelf Life is a lovingly assembled hymn to branded goods that sound odd or just…
Face to face with the Afrikan written tradition
Contemporary graphic and typographic design histories are mostly America-centric or Euro-centric. Despite a few books…