Feature: Book design
Crowd control
Designers are making illustrated books through crowdfunding instead of traditional publishing methods. By…
Mark Holt: Games, set and dispatch
The title page credit for Munich ’72: The Visual Output of Otl Aicher’s Dept XI reads ‘Researched…
A niche of a niche
CentreCentre is the imprint founded by British designer Patrick Fry
Evi O. Studio: Feast between the lines
This Sydney-based studio brings high-energy illustration and lettering to editorial design for food…
Elaine Ramos: The book designer
‘We overdose on communication, but “beautiful” design circulates only between the culturally literate.’…
Everyday people
Emma Thomas and Kirsty Carter’s Apfel, A Practice for Everyday Life, brings design into the art world…
Two cheers for publishing
A two-volume book packed with graphic design history is a visual blockbuster, but does little for…
Looking at magazines looking at themselves
Five enormous, lavish books celebrate the achievements of five legendary titles: Harper’s Bazaar…
Firm grasp on a shaky line
R.O. Blechman’s career has spanned illustration, graphic design and film-making. His deceptively simple…
Modernist cottage industry
For more than a decade, Ruth Artmonsky has been publishing modest, readable books about design and…