Cyrus Highsmith, ein New Yorker Typograph, will einen ganzen Tag ohne Helvetica leben. Er kann die kühle, klare Schrift nicht mehr sehen. Eine schlechte Idee, wie sich herausstellt. Weder kann er sein Müsli essen, dessen Verpackung in...

Simon Garfield is the author of fourteen acclaimed books of non-fiction including On the Map, Just My Type and The Wrestling. His edited diaries from the Mass Observation Archive, Our Hidden Lives, We Are At War and Private Battles, were...

Just My Type is not just a font book, but a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco. About the great originators...

Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories. From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Maps and beyond, Simon Garfield examines...

Timekeepers von Garfield, Simon

In Miniature von Garfield, Simon

Simon Garfield is the author of seventeen acclaimed books of non-fiction including A Notable Woman (as editor), To the Letter, On the Map, Just My Type and Mauve. His study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset...

One of the first words we learn. Perhaps the best friend we'll have. An animal so much part of our lives that we speak to it like a child and spend small fortunes on its wellbeing and wardrobe. Dogs and humans: in the last 200 years no...

Es war einmal, da drehte sich alles um die Erde - so dachten die Menschen, bis die Astronomen sie eines Besseren belehrten. Jerusalem stand damals im Zentrum jeder Karte, oder Youzhou, wenn wir in China gelebt hätten. Und heute stehen...

Wie gut kennen wir unsere Hunde wirklich? Simon Garfield sieht eines Tages seinen Labrador-Retriever Ludo an und beginnt sich zu fragen, warum gerade dieses Tier zu seinen Füßen liegt. Wie und warum hat die Beziehung zwischen Mensch und...

All the Knowledge in the World von Garfield, Simon

The encyclopedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, a good set conveyed a sense of absolute wisdom on its reader. Contributions from Albert Einstein, Sigmund...