Feature: Book design
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…
The case of Romek Marber
The Polish-born graphic designer behind Penguin’s ‘Marber grid’ helped to define British postwar graphic…
Stamped in the memory
The Gentle Author’s book about East London print and envelope specialists the Baddeley Brothers…
Four seasons
Micha Weidmann’s art direction for a cookbook by London chef Ollie Dabbous, with photographs by Joakim…
Reputations: Mucho
‘We were interested in working internationally, to learn from different cultures and to know how design…
Reputations: Irma Boom
‘I compare my work to architecture. I don’t build villas, I build social housing. The books are…
To have and to hold
The challenges of digital publishing have galvanised a new spirit in book design and production. Is it…