Patternity explores the patterns of the planet for new Vintage Classics series
Five science classics have been treated to unique new covers, thanks to a collaboration between Vintage Classics and the pattern-focused design studio
Book covers of the year 2018
It’s been another bumper year for book cover design. Here’s CR’s top ten from 2018
Honouring VNIITE and its place in Soviet design
The Russian organisation VNIITE strived to better Soviet society through design. While remarkably ahead of its time, few of its designs reached the wider public, and until recently much of its work threatened to be forgotten. A new book by Unit Editions tracks its history
From the crawl to the cantina: how Star Wars was designed
The wild success of Star Wars often overshadows the vast creative effort that went into making it. A new book from Taschen explores how its characters, costumes, worlds and props were created
A decade of Apartamento
Indie mag Apartamento has made a fine art out of going through the keyhole, tapping into our curiosity about how other people live. A new book brings together a decade of its photography – including some truly bizarre homes
Christian Reister’s intriguing photos capture Berlin after dark
A new book from Hoxton Mini Press features Reister’s grainy, black and white images of the German capital’s famously hedonistic nightlife
Faber & Faber focuses on illustration for short story collection
Covers for the Faber Stories collection bring together 90 years of writing using classic Berthold Wolpe type and a neon coral colour palette
How I Work: Olafur Eliasson
Coinciding with the publication of a major new retrospective, CR sat down with the Icelandic-Danish artist to talk about how he works, his studio, smartphones and the importance of lunch
Incendiary print: how postcards stoked politics in revolutionary Russia
Used to mock political figures, share messages of dissent and stir rebellion, postcards were a powerful tool in Russia during the early 1900s. A new book from Four Corners explores why
How I Work: Marc Valli, Laurence King
We speak to the former founder of bookshop Magma about the changing nature of the publishing industry, creating gifts that have content at their core, and why more and more publishers are beginning to take them seriously
New book delves into the dystopian world of Black Mirror
The book includes interviews with everyone from the TV show’s co-creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones to the costume and production designers, while Zoe Bather and Applied Works have given it a suitably eerie aesthetic
Michael Bierut’s typographic take on the music of Justin Timberlake
The Pentagram partner has collaborated with Timberlake on the design of his new autobiography, which includes over 30 different typefaces and photos from the actor and singer’s personal collection