“The book’s publication by Occasional Papers is a sign that the project of graphic design history is passing to a new generation, as it must if it’s going to develop.”
On the occasion of the launch of About Graphic Design, Richard Hollis gave an inspiring lecture followed by a lively Q&A with Nicholas Serota and the audience at the Whitechapel Gallery.
The first (pre-)launch of Graphic Design: History in the Writing (1983–2011) was a huge success thanks to our friends and event hosts Iaspis in Stockholm.
The first ever monograph devoted Dom Sylvester Houédard, and a collection of the proceedings of the 2011 graphic design history conference at St Bride Library.
“I decided that I wanted to create a situation, a film, in which I would bring all of these different women together and try to see if there was common cause”
The history of graphic design is slowly being written. How do topics emerge, what are the research methods and how do we make sure that knowledge is shared?
To mark the launch of The Artist as an Instigator of Changes in Social Cognition and Behaviour, Occasional Papers organised two public conversations with Stuart Comer and Hans Ulrich Obrist.
No money allowed, no commercial interest, open to all and free of charge! Come to the Barbican Conservatory to exchange all manner of printed whatnots.
