A history of New York public transport in 400 objects
The team behind the reissued NYCTA Standards Manual have a new subway-related book out, documenting objects associated with the system, from tickets to maps and merch
LDF 2017: Otl Aicher’s Isny – modernism in a medieval town
A new exhibition and book from studio dn&co tells the remarkable story of a project by the German designer that aimed to convey the attractions of a small town in southern Germany through pictograms
Icon book celebrates the Land Rover and its owners
A new book, designed by Foxtrot Papa, tells the stories of notable Defender and Series owners through original photography, design sketches and hand-lettering
CR Photography Annual 2017: final deadline, Sept 15
Creative Review’s Photography Annual seeks to celebrate great images – those who take them and those who commission them. And it’s open for entries now
Penguin’s John Steinbeck reissues feature Walker Evans Polaroids from 1973
For the covers of its new Modern Classics series of John Steinbeck’s works, Penguin used images that US photographer Walker Evans shot on a Polaroid SX-70
Cover of Iain Sinclair’s final London book binds him to the city
Billed as Sinclair’s final instalment of his books focusing on the capital, The Last London features cover text that weaves in and out of the city just as the writer has done since arriving there in the 1960s
Curtain Up! Peter Dazeley shoots London theatres
The latest in photographer Peter Dazeley’s series of photobooks on the capital focuses on London’s theatres and takes the reader into some of the city’s most famous institutions
Marion Deuchars on Colour
In a beautiful new book, Marion Deuchars uses her trademark illustrative style to tackle the elusive subject of ‘colour’
Four Corners Books series examines overlooked areas of UK visual culture
Four Corners Books has launched the first two titles in its new Irregulars series which will explore the more esoteric areas of British visual culture. A book on CB radio users’ ‘eyeball’ cards is followed by a National Archives collection of drawings of UFO sightings
A new Visual History of Type
Paul McNeil’s comprehensive survey of the major typefaces produced since the advent of printing with movable type features rare specimens reproduced at actual size. CR’s art director, Paul Pensom, picks his favourites from the book
Modernism in Print: Dutch Graphic Design 1917-2017
There’s no shortage of beautiful imagery in this new review of Dutch graphic design but the real value is in the accompanying texts which provide the kind of context typically lacking online
Grayson Perry on rigour
Contrary to popular myth, Grayson Perry says, most successful artists are pragmatic and work-obsessed. All the talent in the world can go to waste if it is not allied to punctuality, the ability to build relationships and hard work.