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Born out of frustration, Prem Krishnamurthy and Adam Michaels formed studio Project Projects as a way of connecting their personal interests in cultural production. KERRY WILLIAM PURCELL visited their studio in New York to discuss graphic design and its context in culture and to found out that it’s not about generating cash for a client or sitting on the fence as a passive communicator of information]]>

Surrounded by a lifetime’s worth of ephemera, prints and drawings in a shed in the undergrowth in Marin County outside San Francisco, Victor Moscoso, now in his seventies, is still busy working. ROBERT URQUHART made a pilgrimage to see the king of Sixties psychedelic poster design for his recollections about that heady era, his wisdom about ways of working and a crash course in self-promotion.]]>

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Like Heineken, illustration now seems to be the visual medium that reaches the parts that other visual mediums can’t — it’s everywhere, including all over this hefty 328-page book on the subject...]]>

Another rather handsome cookery book from Phaidon has just thumped onto the doormat at Grafik Mansions, and our mouths are watering already...]]>

This one is a beauty. It's actually part of a series of four volumes-each one with the same red band, but with a varying background colour and set of illustrations. It's the modern serif used for the title that I really enjoy- quite elegant, but at the same time, surely far too jaunty for a chemistry textbook? Bewilderingly though, it completely works. I also appreciate the library employee's placement of the updated Edinburgh Library notice-almost like it should have been a part of the cover itself.]]>

This month, Grafik's Showcase section features a rather beautiful limited edition print by Daniel Baer—we've got one to give away to one lucky reader...]]>

This is what you'll find stamped on the cover of most of the older hardbacks, or anything that hasn't been wrapped in hideous plastic wrapping. I like how it accidentally unifies all these massively disparate books, especially when the covers are blank to begin with. An odd touch of art nouveau about the type, I think. Subtly decorative for something so practical...]]>