Title: Ken Garland: Structure and Substance [Unit 56]
Editor: Adrian Shaughnessy
Interior design: Spin
Cover design: Darren Wall

First published in 2012, Ken Garland: Structure and Substance is the only comprehensive monograph devoted to the entire career of legendary English designer Ken Garland.

Long out of print and following frequent requests to republish, the book is now back in a second edition, complete with a new cover design featuring Garland’s work for the much-loved Connect game from 1969. This edition also features a new preface by Adrian Shaughnessy.

Book

Structure and Substance situates Garland’s work within the development of graphic design in mid twentieth-century Britain. The book features an extensive biographical essay by Adrian Shaughnessy, which is accompanied by rare personal photographs, touching on the many sides of Garland: the ethical and political designer; the writer; the teacher; the photographer. It is underpinned by interviews with his contemporaries and peers.

The book covers Garland’s long career from student exercises at the Central School of Arts in the 1950s (where fellow students included Alan Fletcher, Derek Birdsall and Ken Briggs) and early work on Design magazine, to the many client projects completed with Ken Garland & Associates from 1962 onwards, including work for Galt Toys, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Keniston Housing Association.

Today, Garland remains as relevant to the design community as he was when he published his famous ‘First Things First’ manifesto in 1964. Throughout his life he retained a strong following among young designers and frequently lectured to large audiences, captivating them with his highly personal approach, outspoken views and even the occasional poem. 

As a prolific writer and educator, Garland also produced five books on design, self-published books of his own photography and published many influential articles, including his first, ‘Structure and Substance’, in the Penrose Annual in 1960. In 2020, Garland was presented with the London Design Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Medal. He died, aged 92, in 2021.

Specifications

Title: Ken Garland: Structure and Substance
Size: 224×168mm
Pages: 328
Text Paper/printing: Four colour on 140gsm Golden Sun woodfree FSC and 157gsm Oji Zunma Matt Art FSC, plus two colour on 140gsm Golden Sun woodfree FSC using process black + PMS 9202U brown ink.
Binding: Paperback with flaps (folded in), cover drawn on, flush with fore-edge. 
Cover: Printed 3/1 on 300gsm one-sided cover board FSC and flaps, plus gloss lamination (outer) and matt machine varnish (cover reverse).

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