Jun 17, 2024
What on Earth could cause me to resurrect an experiment abandoned 43 years ago? Artificial intelligence. But not because it now provides the tools to finish the job; quite the opposite, in fact. My distaste for the relentless onslaught of new media—reckless, socially...
Jun 10, 2024
VERBUS AND THE BIG IDEA In 1962, Allan Fleming and George Lois engaged typography as conceptual art Allan Fleming (1929-1977) wielded the modernist axe to great effect, clearing space, paring elements to a minimum, cutting down on variables. In his November...
Jun 3, 2024
HELP ME GET MY FEET BACK ON THE GROUND In which Karey Shinn rescues a group of abandoned dolls and recreates a famous album cover. Three or four years ago, at the start of the pandemic, Karey entered her Doll period. She has always made clothes, from...
May 27, 2024
Left: Photocopied report for the Cross Streets Housing Action Group, 1975. I drew the illustration after the style of Daily Express cartoonist Giles, added some Letraset Helvetica, and with no budget for Eurostile type, designed and drew the logo, rather badly. Right:...
May 13, 2024
Howard Staunton (left) vs. Pierre de Saint-Amant, Paris, 1843, detail. Alexandre Laemlein, CC0 1.0 THE STAUNTON EFFECT Chess champion and new media journalist Howard Staunton revolutionized the game, promoting the design of the pieces which bear his name. The game of... 
