Collection by Aileen Kwun

Flip Through This New Book on a Leading London Graphic Design Studio

Published this month by Unit Editions, an independent press specializing in visual culture, "Spin: 360º" features projects from over 20 years of work by London-based studio Spin. Here are a few highlights from the impressive 520-page tome made for graphics lovers.

The Spin and Unit Editions teams, both based in London and shown here in a photograph by Angela Moore, collaborated on the design of the new book.
The Spin and Unit Editions teams, both based in London and shown here in a photograph by Angela Moore, collaborated on the design of the new book.
Abstracted, colorful shapes make up the visual identity Spin designed in 2013 for AGI Open, an annual conference hosted by Alliance Graphique Internationale. In addition to leading its branding, Spin and its co-founder, Tony Brook, organized the conference that year.
Abstracted, colorful shapes make up the visual identity Spin designed in 2013 for AGI Open, an annual conference hosted by Alliance Graphique Internationale. In addition to leading its branding, Spin and its co-founder, Tony Brook, organized the conference that year.
Among Spin's cultural clients has been Fundación Proa, an art institution in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Here, two identities they designed for exhibitions in 2013 and 2015 make use clean-lined, geometric typography.
Among Spin's cultural clients has been Fundación Proa, an art institution in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Here, two identities they designed for exhibitions in 2013 and 2015 make use clean-lined, geometric typography.
For the new identity Spin designed for the University of the Creative Arts this year, the studio drew upon rectangular letterforms with striped patterns in varying densities. The numerals, shown at left, have been used on the school's sports jerseys.
For the new identity Spin designed for the University of the Creative Arts this year, the studio drew upon rectangular letterforms with striped patterns in varying densities. The numerals, shown at left, have been used on the school's sports jerseys.
The idea for these compliment slips and tape rolls, designed this year for furniture designer Simon Pengelly, came from the graphic stripes on the edge of the plywood used to make one of his chairs.
The idea for these compliment slips and tape rolls, designed this year for furniture designer Simon Pengelly, came from the graphic stripes on the edge of the plywood used to make one of his chairs.
For a self-directed project in 2014, called "Inventory," Spin made icons of everyday projects used daily in the studio.
For a self-directed project in 2014, called "Inventory," Spin made icons of everyday projects used daily in the studio.
Unit Editions, which published this monograph on Spin, was cofounded by Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy, a writer and fellow graphic designer, in 2009. Here, a sampling of its titles from 2011 to 2014 include a book on iconic 1970s designer Herb Lubalin, and compendiums on subjects including identity design, supergraphics, and more.
Unit Editions, which published this monograph on Spin, was cofounded by Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy, a writer and fellow graphic designer, in 2009. Here, a sampling of its titles from 2011 to 2014 include a book on iconic 1970s designer Herb Lubalin, and compendiums on subjects including identity design, supergraphics, and more.