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Reel Around the Fountain
re-pub #02 June 2024 Download re-pub #02 A curated collection of articles on design matters from a ‘design essentialist’ perspective. In...


Death of a Disco Dancer (2011 Remaster)
The ‘social purpose’ university - social engineering by another name. Towards the end of last year, the University of the Arts London...


Half a Person
What’s in a name? Having been somewhat press-ganged into design and ‘self-taught’, I rapidly developed imposter syndrome. It took years...


What's the World (Live, Glasgow 1985)
re-pub #o1 - October 2023 Download Re-pub #01 A curated collection of articles on design matters from a ‘design essentialist’...


What Difference Does It Make?
First Things First 2020. The fourth & most hysterical iteration of the original yet? During Lockdown, many typo-graphic and communication...


This Charming Man
Graphic Design Manual – Principles and Practice, Armin Hofmann, Niggli. A reproduction of Armin Hofmann’s poster, Giselle, designed for...


Sweet Tender Hooligan
Helvetica: homage to a typeface, Lars Muller, Lars Muller Publishers Love it or loathe it! Helvetica is one of the most successful...


The Draize Train
Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story Publisher: (Limited edition) Blue Pencil Editions (2008), MIT...


Paint a Vulgar Picture
Fuse: light touch paper & stand well back. The electronic revolution in communications that characterised the last two decades of the...
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