Adrian Shaughnessy

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

When Less Really Does Mean Less

Since the banking crises of 2008, designers fromWestern nations are learning painfully to adapt to the new reality: less is the new normal.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Events

Kyoorius Designyatra Festival 2011

Adrian Shaughnessy writes about his experience of the Kyoorius Designyatra Festival 2011 in Goa, India.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

Philosophy, Graphic Design and Virtue of Clarity

What can designers learn from exposure to philosophy?

Adrian Shaughnessy|Reviews

Down in the Trenches with Kenneth FitzGerald

Adrian Shaughnessy reviews of Kenneth FitzGerald’s new book Volume: Writing on Graphic Design, Music, Art and Culture.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

Minotaurs in Suburban England

English designer Vaughan Oliver met Adrian Shaughnessy to show him preliminary work on a deluxe Pixies box set called Minotaur.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Slideshows

Publishing in the Age of the Internet

Design/Research, published by Unit Editions, are collectable "papers" which, focus on design and visual communication, from the past, by placing it in a future context.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

Safety and Comfort: A Walk with Paul Davis

Davis has asked me to write the introduction to his latest book. I told him I didn't want to write about the usual stuff. He agreed and suggested we go for a walk instead.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Slideshows

Logorama

A world colonized by brands is the theme of a new film, Logorama, by French designers and filmmakers H5.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

The Design Conference

An outmoded format or an essential feature of the design calendar?

Adrian Shaughnessy|Exhibitions

An Interview with Neville Brody

Moving toward a structured mayhem

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

Typojanchi

A refreshing approach to type in the city

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

Books. Still not dead.

Thoughts from a publisher, author, editor, and occasional designer of printed books.