A history of British magazine design

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What does a magazine’s look and feel say about it? Sometimes more than its written content. Starting with the advent of two periodicals—Punch in 1841 and the Illustrated London News a year later—this groundbreaking study investigates the design history of British magazines over the past 170 years, right up to the beginnings of digital distribution. This groundbreaking study of a still-developing story encompasses graphic design, typography, pho­tography, and innovative print technology, and explores why magazines have looked how they do and how they have changed over time. The wealth of superb illustrations is drawn from the V&A’s National Art Library’s unparalleled archive of periodicals.