The Form of the Book

Esays on the Morality of Good Design

by Jan Tschichold

A collection of essays written between 1949 and 1974, the year of Tschichold’s death. Many describe archaic elements of book design, but as a whole the text is as relevant to design today as it was a half century ago.

Publisher
Hartley and Marks
Year
1975
Collections
Design
The canon
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Selected essays

Writing essays & notes

  1. An addiction

    On To Write Like a Woman and Why We Fear AI

  2. In the world

    In memory of Nevan Scott, 1985–2026

  3. There and here

    On Always Coming Home and Orality and Literacy

  4. The open universe

    On The Language of the Night and The Real World of Technology

Reading books

  1. Lavinia

    by Ursula K. Le Guin

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