24 November 2023

Dotting the ‘i’

Dotting the ‘i’

Quentin Newark

‘Phil Baines shows us how to revel in the joy of graphic design.’ Quentin Newark reviews ‘Extol’

Quentin Newark reviews ‘Extol: Phil Baines Celebrating Letters’ at CSM’s Lethaby Gallery

6 November 2023

The fantastic light trip

The fantastic light trip

John L. Walters

Kevin Foakes (aka DJ Food) uncovers a strange, bright corner of analogue audiovisual culture.

Wheels of Light is about the light shows devised for gigs and discos in the 1970s, 80s and 90s

2 November 2023

Sleepover

Sleepover

Janet South

The second volume of James Mollison’s book is a moving photographic tale of children’s sleeping arrangements. Review by Janet South

The second volume of Where Children Sleep features stories Mollison found while travelling on assignments

19 October 2023

Picturebook people

Picturebook people

Michael Kirkham

Illustrator Michael Kirkham pays tribute to the Provensens
Authors, illustrators and designers Alice and Martin Provensen were a wife-and-husband team who made children’s picturebooks…

9 October 2023

FEED’s big vision

FEED’s big vision

Gabriela Matuszyk

A conference in Warsaw devoted to Eastern European design launched a conversation about stories yet untold. By Gabriela Matuszyk

A September 2023 conference in Warsaw launched the first Festival Eastern European Design (FEED).

27 September 2023

Open to interpretation

Open to interpretation

Amy Henry

A typographic and literary collaboration between Warren Lehrer and Adeena Karasick dramatises responses to the pandemic. Review by Amy Henry

This striking publication gives voice (and form) to the challenges, triumphs, interactions and realisations of our post-pandemic world …

29 August 2023

Graphic design live #14

Graphic design live #14

Eye editors

John Warwicker in Tokyo and Kyoto; Eastern European Design in Warsaw; Hipgnosis and Christopher Wilson in London; and failed posters of environmental crisis.

With summer coming to a close, Eye presents a selection of current and upcoming events worth noting in your calendars …

21 August 2023

Books received #54

Books received #54

Eye editors

Beer mats design; ‘how-to’ create interactive digital spaces; and Japanese-German cultural exchange project.

In the latest embodiment of our ‘books received’ series, Eye looks at three different titles on graphic design and visual culture.

24 July 2023

Badges of Britain

Badges of Britain

Daniel Shannon

Martyn Routledge’s The Beautiful History is a sporting ode to the history of Britain, writes Daniel Shannon.

The visual culture around football is a subject Martyn Routledge knows more about than most …

17 July 2023

Nothing is real

Nothing is real

Quentin Newark

Bad is the new good. Quentin Newark descends into Japan House for ‘Wave: Currents in Japanese Graphic Arts’.

Visiting, you descend stairs, like going into the Underworld …

 
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