Review
Under Anger’s arcane spell
Artistic innovation often originates at the margins among mavericks and outcasts. Kenneth Anger (b 1927)…
Digital cut and paste from India
‘In a realm of Calvino-esque echoes, the “invisible cities” begin to unravel their presence, at…
What a wind-up! Four decades of problems and ‘style’
British Design & Art Direction – D&AD – is 40 years old and, like many…
A fraternity of trifles
With Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan upending expectations of the comic book form (and winning the…
An Italian in Zurich
Concrete art was a resolutely European art form (or, to be more specific, a Swiss-German…
LA logo attack
An entirely troubling aspect of debates about product placement (an egregious and underhand marketing practice…
Black gold
If there can be such a thing as a revolutionary coffee table book, Freedom Rhythm…
Towards a theory of everything design
Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field has the potential to be a popular academic…
Dust that never sleeps
Artist and writer Rachel Lichtenstein is best known for her book (and personal quest), Rodinsky’s…
Poetry of colour
There are two types of primary colours: additive and subtractive. The subtractive primaries (CMYK) are…