Cover of Visible Language, volume 60, number 1, April 2026. A pattern of eye logos recedes into a red background behind the journal’s title.

April 2026
Vol. 60 No. 1 (2026)

Elements from a journal’s figures are printed on top of each other in black over gray and over a red area inscribed in the gray area. Titling sits atop in white: Visible Language, volume 59, 2025, with number 1 April, number 2 August, and number 3 December all listed.

Volume 59 Yearbook
Vol. 59 (2025)

The title for Visible Language, volume 59, number 3, appears over a dark background with diagrams and other imagery densely layered.

Student Research Special Issue (December 2025)
Vol. 59 No. 3 (2025)

A collage of imagery sits lightly atop a green background. What’s in the foreground, you ask? Well, it’s a simple title for the journal Visible Language, for volume 59, number 2, published August 2025.

August 2025
Vol. 59 No. 2 (2025)

A partial but massive, pixelated, lowercase “a” is layered along with other graphic elements over a red background. The title for an academic journal is visible in white above: Visible Language, volume 59, number 1, April 2025.

Visible Language Consortium (April 2025)
Vol. 59 No. 1 (2025)

December 2024
Vol. 58 No. 3 (2024)

August 2024
Vol. 58 No. 2 (2024)

April 2024
Vol. 58 No. 1 (2024)

December 2023
Vol. 57 No. 3 (2023)

August 2023
Vol. 57 No. 2 (2023)

Image of cover of the issue, abstract design with title text.

April 2023
Vol. 57 No. 1 (2023)

Special Issue: Communication Futures

December 2022
Vol. 56 No. 3 (2022)

August 2022
Vol. 56 No. 2 (2022)

April 2022 cover image

April 2022
Vol. 56 No. 1 (2022)

Dec 2021 Cover Image

December 2021: Special Issue
Vol. 55 No. 3 (2021)

SPECIAL ISSUE: in collaboration with the academic journal Visual Anthropology Review.

August 2021
Vol. 55 No. 2 (2021)

April 2021
Vol. 55 No. 1 (2021)

December 2020
Vol. 54 No. 3 (2020)

April 2020
Vol. 54 No. 1-2 (2020)

December 2019
Vol. 53 No. 3 (2019)

August 2019
Vol. 53 No. 2 (2019)

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April 2019; Supp. Special Issue: Histories of Visual Communication Design
Vol. 53 No. 1 (2019)

December 2018: Supplement Student Special Issue
Vol. 52 No. 3 (2018)

Volume 52.2
Vol. 52 No. 2 (2018)

Volume 51.3 - 52.1
Vol. 51 No. 3-1 (2017)

Volume 51.2
Vol. 51 No. 2 (2017)

Volume 51.1
Vol. 51 No. 1 (2017)

Volume 50.3
Vol. 50 No. 3 (2016)

special issue: reflecting on 50 years of Typograph
Vol. 50 No. 2 (2016)

Volume 50.1
Vol. 50 No. 1 (2016)

critical making: DESIGN and the DIGITAL HUMANITIES
Vol. 49 No. 3 (2015)

Volume 49.1-2
Vol. 49 No. 1-2 (2015)

Volume 48.3
Vol. 48 No. 3 (2014)

Volume 48.2
Vol. 48 No. 2 (2014)

Volume 48.1
Vol. 48 No. 1 (2014)

Visible Language
Vol. 47 No. 3 (2014)

Visible Language
Vol. 47 No. 2 (2013)

Issue 47.1
Vol. 47 No. 1 (2013)

Volume 46.3
Vol. 46 No. 3 (2012)

Envisioning a Future Design Education
Vol. 46 No. 1-2 (2012)

Volume 45.3
Vol. 45 No. 3 (2011)

Punctuation
Vol. 45 No. 1-2 (2011)

Volume 44.3
Vol. 44 No. 3 (2010)

Global Interaction in Design
Vol. 44 No. 2 (2010)

Communication Design Failures, Part 2
Vol. 44 No. 1 (2010)

Communication Design Failures, Part 1
Vol. 43 No. 2-3 (2009)

Volume 43.1
Vol. 43 No. 1 (2009)

Volume 42.3
Vol. 42 No. 3 (2008)

Volume 42.2
Vol. 42 No. 2 (2008)

After the Grave: Language and Materiality in Contemporary Art
Vol. 42 No. 1 (2008)