Edited by: Luke Wood, Katie Kerr, and Matthew Galloway
Format: Softcover, section-sewn
Size: 170 × 240 mm (upright)
Pages: 112
Edition: 500 copies
Based in Aotearoa, The National Grid is a periodical dedicated to research in the field of graphic design. It takes an expansive view of design as it intersects with culture, society, politics, and histories. As a practice fundamentally concerned with the reproduction and distribution of language, graphic design—The National Grid suggests—is far more interesting and impactful than purely market-led or ‘value-added’ narratives tend to imply.
Not quite ‘magazine’ and not quite ‘academic journal’, The National Grid charts a path through the murky terrain between professional practice and academia, art and design.
Originally published across eight issues between 2005 and 2012, edited and designed by Luke Wood and Jonty Valentine, the periodical returns in 2025 under the editorship of Luke Wood, Katie Kerr, and Matthew Galloway.
View the production case study.
Made in Aotearoa. Ships nationwide.
Edited by: Luke Wood, Katie Kerr, and Matthew Galloway
Format: Softcover, section-sewn
Size: 170 × 240 mm (upright)
Pages: 112
Edition: 500 copies
Based in Aotearoa, The National Grid is a periodical dedicated to research in the field of graphic design. It takes an expansive view of design as it intersects with culture, society, politics, and histories. As a practice fundamentally concerned with the reproduction and distribution of language, graphic design—The National Grid suggests—is far more interesting and impactful than purely market-led or ‘value-added’ narratives tend to imply.
Not quite ‘magazine’ and not quite ‘academic journal’, The National Grid charts a path through the murky terrain between professional practice and academia, art and design.
Originally published across eight issues between 2005 and 2012, edited and designed by Luke Wood and Jonty Valentine, the periodical returns in 2025 under the editorship of Luke Wood, Katie Kerr, and Matthew Galloway.
View the production case study.
Made in Aotearoa. Ships nationwide.
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