Romek Marber Bibliography

The Penguin Collector 94
Obituary of Romek Marber by James Mackay. Cover designed by Tom Etherington in homage to Romek’s 1961 Language in the Modern World Pelican design. Published by Penguin Collectors Society, June 2020

Designs on Britain
Great British design by Great Jewish designers. Authors: Naomi Games, Julia Weiner, Sue Breakwell, Lesley Whitworth, Christopher Marsden, Alexia Kirk, Cheryl Buckley, Robin Kinross, Yasuko Suga, Harriet Atkinson and Anna Nyburg. Editor: Rebecca Birrell. Published by Jewish Museum, London 2017

Romek Marber: Graphics
Accompanied the 2014 retrospective Brighton University Exhibition. Foreword by Professor Anne Boddington. Essay by Bruce Brown. Designed by John and Orna Designs, London. Published by the Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton 2014

The Story of Graphic Design
From the Invention of Writing to the Birth of Digital Design by Patrick Cramsie, designer and writer. Cramsie was a graphic design student from 1986 – 1990 at Middlesex University where Romek was head of his course. Published by The British Library 2010

Penguin by Illustrators
A record of the Penguin Collectors Society second Study Day at the Victoria and Albert Museum on Saturday 24 March 2007. Edited by Steve Hare. Published by Penguin Collectors Society 2009

Penguin by Designers
A record of the Penguin Collectors Society Study Day at the Victoria and Albert Museum on Saturday 18 June 2005. Edited by Steve Hare and Phil Baines. Published by Penguin Collectors Society 2007

Penguin by Design
A Cover Story 1935-2005. The extraordinary story of Penguin covers and their rich and diverse design heritage by Phil Baines. Published by Allen Lane 2005

Communicate
Independent British Graphic Design Since the Sixties. Edited and conceived by Rick Poynor. Published by Laurence King Publishing 2004

Types Best Remembered / Best Forgotten
Robert Norton collects international designers thoughts on their favourite, and least favourite typefaces. Published by Parsimony Press 1993

Penrose Annual 1973
The Penrose Annual was a London-based review of graphic arts, printed nearly annually from 1895 to 1982. The 1973 edition featured an essay by Romek Marber. Edited by Herbert Spencer. Published by Lund Humphries Publishers 1973

In Honour of Tom Eckersley
Folio of drawings by artists and designers to commemorate Eckersley and accompanied an exhibition at the London College of Printing. Includes letterpress portrait by Romek Marber. Published by Castille Press 1975

Journal of the American Institute of Graphic Arts
Six journals per year were published celebrating all forms of communication design, including graphic design, typography, interaction design, branding and identity. This edition has a selection of logos by Romek Marber. Published by AIGA 1966

GraphicsRCA
Fifteen years’ work of the School of Graphic Design, Royal College of Art. Includes several designs by Marber. Published by Royal College of Art 1963

Art & Business
Polish magazine with an article about Romek Marber at 90. March 2016

Eye Magazine 91
The Case of Romek Marber by John L. Walters. Spring 2016. Read more

Eye Magazine
Survivor by Rick Poynor. Review of No Return. 31 August 2010. Read more

Idea Special Issue
European Trademarks and Logotypes. Includes several designs by Marber. Published by Seibundo-Shinkosha 1979

Novum Gebrauchsgraphik
Information Graphics: Nicholson’s Guides, designed by Romek Marber. 1 January 1973

Gebrauchsgraphic
Article ‘Vision and Reality’ about Romek Marber’s work. March 1968

Graphis
International Journal of Graphic Art and Applied Art. Design and Art Direction 64 by Brian Grimbly. Vol. 20 No. 114 1964

Graphis
International Journal of Graphic Art and Applied Art. Paperback Design Today by Gernamno Facetti. Vol. 20 No. 113 1964

Graphis
International Journal of Graphic Art and Applied Art. Identity Value in Paperbacks by Ivo Frenzel. Vol. 19 No. 105 1963

Typographica 5
 Journal of typography and visual arts. Penguins on the March by Herbert Spencer. June 1962