I often find myself wondering how my life could have been made that little bit easier had a certain book been published ten to fifteen years earlier. That goes specifically for ‘how to’ books, which help to explain complicated subject...

Tate Liverpool is currently showing ‘Op Art in Focus’, a dazzling display from pioneering artists of the 1960s to today.Op art – short for optical art – emerged in the 1960s. Its leading figures included Bridget Riley, Jesus Rafael Soto...

‘Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976–1986’, is an exhibition currently taking place at Cranbrook Art Museum in Michigan. Exploring the unique visual language of the punk movement from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, it contains...

As well as being the designer of some of our favourite children’s books, such as ‘The Apple and the Butterfly and his ‘Drawing Paper’ series, Italian-born Enzo Mari is perhaps best known for his work across the fields of furniture...

“Good design is not just aesthetic – it is also good economy. Good design is not just cool – it is bloody serious!” – Olle Eksell

It was with great delight that I heard of the re-release of the iconic Braun ET66 calculator. Like many designers, I was turned on to the design of its creator, Dieter Rams, due in part to the attention that was...