Writing - Making Your Mark

Accompanying a British Library exhibition set for April, an exploration of the development and shifting function of the written word, with an eye also on writing's future.

About the author

Ewan Clayton is Professor in Design at the University of Sunderland. For 12 years he worked as a consultant to Xerox PARC, the research lab in California that developed much of the digital technology underpinning the world of digital communications that we know today. He is also a calligrapher and lettering artist. He is the author of The Golden Thread.

Summary

This beautifully illustrated book, published to coincide with an interactive landmark British Library exhibition, celebrates the act of writing from across the globe and explores its complex and diverse history.

Product details

• Authors: Ewan Clayton
• Assisted by: Ewan Clayton (Editor), Clayton Ewan (Editor)
• Publisher: British Library
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2019
• EAN: 9780712352536
• ISBN: 978-0-7123-5253-6
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, Palaeography (History Of Writing), Palaeography