September 2008
12 September 2008
Page turner overdrive
review
Review of Fully Booked (DGV)
Books are never just books. They can be catalogues, toys, models, play centres, showcases for bindings, gatefolds, special papers and card and portfolios of design. Some of them might even be worth reading.
9 September 2008
The internet loves kittens
john l. walters
Elbow, Crusha and the communicative power of small furry animals
I thought I was going to be the warm-up man for Ian Anderson.
8 September 2008
Cutting crew
john l. walters
Wallpaper* strives to keep its edge with guest eds and die-cuts
Print can still do lots of things you can’t do online
, and one of the more striking and tactile techniques in the print designer’s armoury is die-cutting, writes John L. Walters.
5 September 2008
Two degrees of (colour) separation
john l. walters
Graphic Rolling Stones artefacts are saved for the nation
It began with a letter – addressed to the designer at the Royal College of Art, writes John L. Walters.
26 August 2008
Chalk and talk
john l. walters
‘A Recent History of Writing & Drawing’ at the ICA
It’s not an obvious design or art exhibition – more like an interactive playroom from the design museum of our dreams.
22 August 2008
Graphic design on the radio
Paul Davis reveals all on live radio
OK, it’s not exactly Desert Island Discs, but Graphic design on the radio, presented by Adrian Shaughnessy, is becoming something of an institution.
19 August 2008
Confessions of an awards juror
nick bell
Stop worrying about craft and seek the purpose of design, says Nick Bell
Despite being a British graphic designer (a species branded as ‘excessively mean’ by the editor of another design magazine) I really wanted to give a Black (gold) Pencil to some fellow (non-British) designers when I sat on the Book Design jury for the D&AD [Design and Art Direction] Awards earlier this year.
18 August 2008
A persuasive chancer
rick poynor
New Critique by Rick Poynor – exclusive to eyemagazine.com
What is it about the size and weight of the journal format that makes it seem so right just now?
15 August 2008
A party
the magazine department
To celebrate Eye’s independence, our latest issue, and the new Eye blog
A few pictures from the Eye party at Kemistry.
14 August 2008
Le Gun ‘sells out’
luke pendrell
But are they cut out for mainstream publishing success?
Above: D&AD guest finds someone to take home. (Who is this? let us know!) Photograph: Christine Donnier-Valentin.