Michael Horsham

Recent articles by Michael Horsham

Ales Najbrt [extract]

Issue 17, Summer 1995

Feature

Soiree in the ruins

Land of Logos

Issue 18, Autumn 1995

Feature

For Britain’s public institutions, corporate image-building plays a central role in the marketing mix

Talking pictures

Issue 11, Winter 1993

Feature

The comic book speech bubble has evolved into a highly expressive form of vernacular lettering

Video to go

Issue 9, Summer 1993

Feature

Video packaging is an area of graphics both marginal and ubiquitous. Who decides how it looks?

The meaning of money

Issue 5, Winter 1991

Feature

Bank notes change hands without so much as a second glace – a daily act of faith that says much about our belief in their value. Yet these intricate artefacts are complex carriers of meaning. What makes a banknote look like a banknote and how does the global graphic language of money communicate its message?

I don’t use a Mac but I know a man who can

Issue 13, Summer 1994

Opinion

British design has split down the middle. Should its priority be art or analysis, and is the computer a new ‘language’ or simply a tool? By Michael Horsham