GRAPHIC DESIGN

ADF MANIFESTO

By Neville Brody

In this manifesto, written for the 2010 Anti-Design Festival in London, Brody bemoans the loss of creativity and calls for dangerous ideas. Read more

MANIFESTO

By Peter Saville

"Being a designer used to be like being on a crusade – we were fighters, evangelists. But in the last ten years the situation has changed." Read more

ILLUSTRATING THE SIXTIES
 

By various artists

This set of book covers and magazine illustrations highlights the influence of Italian illustrators in 1960s London publishing. See the images

THE MODERNIST GRID

By Richard Hollis

The grid in printing, its Swiss associations and parallels in architecture: why has it become the standard in graphic design? Read more

MANIFESTO

By Stefan Sagmeister

"Trying to look good limits my life
Material luxuries are best enjoyed in small doses"
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COMPOSITION OF TIME AND PLACE
FROM 'AN ESSAY ON TYPOGRAHY'

By Eric Gill

'The world is not yet clothed in garments which befit it', writes Gill in 1931; mechanised industry and human responsibility are at odds. Read more