MoDA Reading List – Typography, Graphic Design and Ephemera

A selection of books and articles about the history of typography and ephemera, with particular reference to the Charles Hasler Collection at the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture

General Reading on typography, graphic design and ephemera

[Article] Farias, P.L. and Aynsley, J. (2021) ‘Typographic Histories: Three Decades of Research’, Journal of design history, 34(3), pp. e1–e21. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epab030. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Poynor, Rick.(2001) Typographica. London. Laurence King. Find it on MDX library Search

Charles Hasler

[Book] Charles Hasler sends his greetings : the ephemera collection of a mid-century designer / Charles Hasler (2015). London: Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, Middlesex University. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Pamphlet] William H, Sherman.(2005) Toward a History of the Manicule. First presented at the Birkbeck conference “Book-Trade Consumers: Owners, Annotators and the Signs of Reading” in December 2004. A version published in Myers R. Harris M. Mandelbrote G. & British Library. (2005). Owners annotators and the signs of reading. Oak Knoll ; British Library.  http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/papers/FOR_2005_04_001.pdf

[Article] Rennie Paul.(2001) Fat Faces All Around: Lettering and the Festival Style. Twentieth Century Architecture: the Journal of the Twentieth Century Society, 5, pp 107-116. https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/1552/1/festivaltypography.pdf

[Article] Heward, T. (1999) ‘Revivalism and Cultural Shift: British Graphic Design Since 1945’, Design issues, 15(3). Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/1511882. Find it on MDX Library Search

[Book] Atkinson, Harriet.(2012) The Festival of Britain : a land and its people. London. I.B. Tauris.  Find it on MDX Library Search

Wider perspectives on graphic design

[Webpage] Rigley, S.(2006) | Opinion | Imperialism by another name? Eye Magazine, 60: 15  https://eyemagazine.com/opinion/article/imperialism-by-another-name

[Webpage] Craig, Michael. (2021) Famous Black Graphic Designers Who Made History. https://www.editorx.com/shaping-design/article/famous-black-graphic-designers

[Webpage] Morley, Madeleine.(2019) Celebrating Se Popitz, the Bauhaus’ Only Known Woman Graphic Designer – Eye on Design.  https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/sore-popitz-meet-the-bauhauss-only-known-woman-graphic-designer/

[Book] Artmonsky, Ruth.(2008) Jan Le Witt and George Him : Lewitt-Him. Woodbridge. Antique Collectors’ Club. Find it on MDX Library Search