Ken Garland is one of the UK’s leading graphic exponents, a former editor of Design Magazine, with lectureships which have included the University of Reading, the Royal College of Art and the Central School of Art and Design.

Garland’s own publications include ‘First things first: a manifesto’ (1964), ‘Graphics, design and printing terms: an international dictionary’ (1989), ‘Mr Beck’s Underground map’ (1994) and ‘A word in your Eye’ (1996). Metaphors reflects both Garland’s photographic eye and baseline’s style and feel…

London Art Deco presents a stunning visual catalogue of the capital’s Art Deco legacy that was handed down to us from the florid 20s and the streamlined 30s. It features cinemas, theatres, hotels, department stores, Underground stations, factories, civic, corporate and residential buildings and shows the way in which the style influenced architects and designers working on every scale, fromentire buildings to the finest decorative detail.

Edward Johnston (1872–1944) was the central figure in the revival of a European tradition of calligraphy in the 20th century. This book, with essays by Phil Baines and Ewan Clayton, has been developed from the exhibition ‘With Paper, Pen and Ink: Being Edward Johnston’, held at Ditchling Museum in 2006. The exhibition, curated by Ewan Clayton, coincided with the centenary of the publication of Johnston’s first book, Writing & Illuminating & Lettering…