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Carlos Simpson — Books
Carlos Simpson is an author whose books explore identity, perception, language, and authorship through design, writing, and visual research. His publications sit between philosophy, graphic design, art, and lived experience.
Each book is developed as a self-contained project combining text, visual structure, and reflective inquiry. Rather than linear narratives, these works examine how meaning is constructed, repeated, and challenged across personal, social, and political contexts.
The catalogue below presents Carlos Simpson’s published books, including conceptual essays, visual research volumes, and practice-led works developed across different periods of his career.
You Make Your Rights
Identity, Authenticity and the Construction of Self
About the book
You Make Your Rights is a 2021 book by Carlos Simpson exploring identity, language, human rights and personal agency. Through visual research and reflective inquiry, the book examines how labels, social systems and repeated narratives shape perceptions of the self, and how individuals can question imposed meanings and reclaim authorship of their identity.
- Author
- Carlos Simpson
- Format
- Paperback / Softcover
- Publication date
- ISBN-10
- 1739909305
- ISBN-13
- 978-1739909307
- Pages
- 138
- Dimensions
- 8 × 10 in / 20 × 25 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary category
- Arts & Photography Books
- Additional categories
- Graphic Design · Education
Signs of Fingerprints
The Art of Handwriting
About the book
Signs of Fingerprints: The Art of Handwriting is a 2021 book by Carlos Simpson exploring handwriting, typography, mark-making and identity. Through visual research, line drawing and graphic experimentation, the book examines handwriting as a distinctive human trace and considers how individual marks can function like fingerprints: personal, recognisable and expressive of the self.
- Author
- Carlos Simpson
- Format
- Paperback / Softcover
- Publication date
- ISBN-10
- 1006920501
- ISBN-13
- 978-1006920509
- Pages
- 240
- Dimensions
- 8 × 10 in / 20 × 25 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary category
- Graphic Design
- Additional categories
- Sketchbooks · Arts & Photography Books
Politics Design
The Power of Political Stamps
About the book
Politics Design: The Power of Political Stamps is a 2021 book by Carlos Simpson examining graphic design, political communication, visual culture and the use of stamps as symbols of identity, authority and power. Through text and visual research, the book considers political imagery across Brexit, Europe, the United States and wider global events, exploring how typography, symbols, media and information systems influence public perception and collective memory.
- Author
- Carlos Simpson
- Format
- Paperback / Softcover
- Publication date
- ISBN-10
- 1739909321
- ISBN-13
- 978-1739909321
- Pages
- 198
- Dimensions
- 8 × 10 in / 20 × 25 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary category
- Graphic Design
- Additional categories
- United Kingdom (U.K.) · Arts & Photography Books
Portraits of the Self and Fingerprints
Identity in Lines and the Expression of the Self
About the book
Portraits of the Self and Fingerprints is a 2021 book by Carlos Simpson exploring identity, consciousness, individuality and self-representation through art, portraiture and fingerprint-based visual language. Combining anthropological, philosophical and visual inquiry, the book examines how biological lines, patterns and marks can represent the relationship between the individual, human nature, perception and the construction of the self in physical and digital environments.
- Author
- Carlos Simpson
- Format
- Paperback / Softcover
- Publication date
- ISBN-10
- 1034855077
- ISBN-13
- 978-1034855071
- Pages
- 92
- Dimensions
- 8 × 10 in / 20 × 25 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary category
- Fine Art Photography
- Additional categories
- United Kingdom (U.K.) · Arts & Photography Books
SketchBook
A Survival Guide
About the book
SketchBook: A Survival Guide is a 2021 book by Carlos Simpson exploring drawing, visual thinking, observation and the creative process. Developed as a working visual record, the book brings together pencil drawing, watercolour, collage, coloured pencil, pen and ink, handwriting, photography, symbols and everyday information. It considers the sketchbook as a space for experimentation and examines the individual within social, cultural and political contexts.
- Author
- Carlos Simpson
- Format
- Paperback / Softcover
- Publication date
- ISBN-10
- 173990933X
- ISBN-13
- 978-1739909338
- Pages
- 222
- Dimensions
- 8 × 10 in / 20 × 25 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary category
- Graphic Design
- Additional category
- Sketchbooks
My 2020 Lockdown Project
A personal visual record of isolation, observation and creative practice.
About the book
My 2020 Lockdown Project is a 2022 book by Carlos Simpson documenting creative practice, observation and visual research developed through the experience of the 2020 global lockdown. The publication records a period of forced stillness, routine and focused making, examining how drawing, design, photography and everyday observation became methods for maintaining creative discipline, reflection and continuity during uncertainty.
- Author
- Carlos Simpson
- Format
- Paperback / Softcover
- Publication date
- ISBN-10
- 1739909356
- ISBN-13
- 978-1739909352
- Pages
- 184
- Dimensions
- 8 × 10 in / 20 × 25 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary category
- Graphic Design
- Additional categories
- United Kingdom (U.K.) · Arts & Photography Books