Zoe Guttenplan is a writer and book designer. She works at Literary Review.

The tangled history of the London Tube map

A play about Harry Beck, creator of London Underground map we still use today, shows just how tricky it was to land on the perfect design

9 Oct 2024

The private press that wrote a new chapter in book design

By combining Gothic typefaces with avant-garde illustrations, the little-known Rampant Lions Press broke new ground for publishing in the 20th century

21 Aug 2024