About

Mila Waldeck is a graphic designer and design historian.

Research interests include design and/as nationalism; artists’ publications; independent and underground media. Design practice includes redesign and former art direction of Vogue (Brazilian edition); graphic design for the promotion of Plain Language; graphic communication for experimental, alternative and classical music.

Publications

Cabaret Voltaire: Fluxus West, San Diego and Southern California Mail Art. Edited by Arzu Ozkal and Mila Waldeck. 2023, San Diego State University Press

Typography and Nationalism: The Past and Modernism under Nazi Rule. Journal of Visual Political Communication, 6.1. 2020

Publishing Reshuffle: Fabrication and Dissemination at Beau Geste Press. In: Beau Geste Press. Edited by Alice Motard. 2020. CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux and Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite

Perfect unbinding: the production and circulation of Beau Geste Press editions. 2017. Journal of Artists’ Books, 41. pp. 4-13

Typography and National Identity. 2014. Blucher Design Proceedings. 9th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies

‘Collaboration in Art, Design and the Public Spheres’. In: Situated Between n. 2. by Tricia Treacy and Arzu Ozkal

Poetry and prose in the broadsides of the John Lewis Collection. 2016. Blucher Design Proceedings. 10th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies

Presentations

Towards an Alternative History of Graphic Design
Talk with Fraser Muggeridge and Hansjörg Mayer. 2015, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK

Xerox and Art: Practical Questions. Association for Art History. Art and Xerox panel. 2019, Brighton, UK

Statements and Fluxshoe Add End A: The Artist’s Book versus the Crystal Goblet. International Conference on Design History and Studies / ICDHS. 2018. Barcelona, Spain

Poetry and Prose in the Broadsides of the John Lewis Collection. ICDHS. 2016, Taipei, Taiwan

The typography of George Maciunas. TypeCon. 2014, Washington DC, United States

Typography and National Identity. ICDHS. 2014, Aveiro, Portugal

Awards

Apple Store Best of News Stand / Brazil / Vogue Brasil
Gourmand World Cookbook Best Woman Chef Cookbook / Cozinhar é Preciso
Gourmand World Cookbook Best First Cookbook / Cozinhar é Preciso
Fernando Pini Graphic Excellence Award / Vogue Brasil
Fernando Pini Graphic Excellence Award / Uma magazine
Brazil Fashion Award / Best Fashion Magazine / Vogue Brasil