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Sign up for an annual subscription of The National Grid and automatically receive the latest edition every year in November. The subscription includes free delivery around Aotearoa New Zealand.
Based in Aotearoa, The National Grid is a periodical dedicated to research in the field of graphic design. It takes an expansive view on graphic 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 significantly more interesting, and more impactful, than purely market-led or ‘value added’ narratives tend to imply. Not quite ‘magazine’ and not quite ‘academic journal’, The National Grid attempts to chart a path through the murky wasteland between professional practice and academia, art and design.
The National Grid was originally published across eight issues between 2005 and 2012, edited and designed by Luke Wood and Jonty Valentine. Revived in 2025, the periodical returned under the editorship of Luke Wood, Katie Kerr, and Matthew Galloway. Issue #9 was published in 2025 and issue #10 will be published in November 2026.
Previous issues of The National Grid are available online at thenationalgrid.net.
Co-published with Ilam Press
Edited by Luke Wood, Katie Kerr and Matthew Galloway
Designed by Luke Wood, Katie Kerr and Matthew Galloway
Printed in Aotearoa New Zealand
Soft cover
170×240mm, upright
Each edition of 500
The annual subscription will be automatically charged to your card each year. We will receive the order automatically and post your copy upon release.
Free delivery around Aotearoa New Zealand!
Please note that we use PayPal for processing payments — you do not need to have a PayPal account, simply click on ‘Pay with PayPal’ then scroll down to below the login to ‘Pay with Debit or Credit Card’.
Sign up for an annual subscription of The National Grid and automatically receive the latest edition every year in November. The subscription includes free delivery around Aotearoa New Zealand.
Based in Aotearoa, The National Grid is a periodical dedicated to research in the field of graphic design. It takes an expansive view on graphic 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 significantly more interesting, and more impactful, than purely market-led or ‘value added’ narratives tend to imply. Not quite ‘magazine’ and not quite ‘academic journal’, The National Grid attempts to chart a path through the murky wasteland between professional practice and academia, art and design.
The National Grid was originally published across eight issues between 2005 and 2012, edited and designed by Luke Wood and Jonty Valentine. Revived in 2025, the periodical returned under the editorship of Luke Wood, Katie Kerr, and Matthew Galloway. Issue #9 was published in 2025 and issue #10 will be published in November 2026.
Previous issues of The National Grid are available online at thenationalgrid.net.
Co-published with Ilam Press
Edited by Luke Wood, Katie Kerr and Matthew Galloway
Designed by Luke Wood, Katie Kerr and Matthew Galloway
Printed in Aotearoa New Zealand
Soft cover
170×240mm, upright
Each edition of 500
The annual subscription will be automatically charged to your card each year. We will receive the order automatically and post your copy upon release.
Free delivery around Aotearoa New Zealand!
Please note that we use PayPal for processing payments — you do not need to have a PayPal account, simply click on ‘Pay with PayPal’ then scroll down to below the login to ‘Pay with Debit or Credit Card’.