Review: Reviews
Good intentions writ large
The three alternatives recommended by the authors of Conscientious Objectives are to ‘work for ethical…
The skeleton of a good read
This is a strongly personal selection of examples of book design, many from the author’s…
Big book of books
Bibliographic is a book about books. British designer Jason Godfrey has selected 100 books about…
Losing its flavour
The ultimate in cheesy designer excess, packaged in a giant trading card wrapper, the first…
Parr’s ambivalent obsessions
‘Parrworld’, the title of Martin Parr’s latest exhibition, is a bold if not presumptuous declaration…
Concrete evidence
It is not unusual for the work of artists and designers to make the transition…
Toys are us
Not a Toy, a boundary-busting book of art and fashion, is edited by Vassilis Zidianakis…
Print’s not dead: it just smells funny
Kristina Nickel’s ‘handbook for media designers’ comes shrink-wrapped with a glowing quote from Erik Spiekermann…
Cage recast as eye candy
American composer John Cage was a prankster, a gameshow champion and a creator of graphic…
He put his stamp on Dutch culture
R. D. E. ‘Ootje’ Oxenaar (b. 1929) was a key figure in the modernisation of…