20 November 2025

To be seen to be seen

To be seen to be seen

Paul Davis

Paul Davis reviews Scott King’s The New Space

We need these digital spaces to be seen to be seen, from Powerful Space Control Operatives … down to Invisibles (the rest of us).

3 November 2025

Action is stronger than feeling

Action is stronger than feeling

Anoushka Khandwala

‘Doing the Work’, the 2025 St Bride conference, brought some dynamic new personalities to the foreground. Report by Anoushka Khandwala

During a year in which the UK has seen far-right rallies, the conference was a renewed call to stand in solidarity with people of colour.

24 October 2025

Design history in Ankara

Design history in Ankara

Jessica Jenkins

Jessica Jenkins reports from the Design History Society’s annual conference, held at Ankara Bilim University, 4-6 September 2025

The process of diversification is for each generation to re-define, but it is important to embrace the many ways of telling design history.

17 October 2025

The ouroboros of hype

The ouroboros of hype

John L. Walters

Packed with information, The AI Con pours cold water on ‘AI’ hysteria, while drawing attention to the tech’s environmental and ethical implications
This smartly written, often funny book throws a refreshing pail of ice-cold water over the…

8 October 2025

Graphic design live #22

Graphic design live #22

Eye editors

Futuress Pressing Issues online, ‘Doing the Work’ at St Bride, Young Graphic Design Switzerland!, Typography Theory Practice, Systém Rathouský Metro, Blitz Kids at the Design Museum

Read the Eye Events page to hear about exhibitions, conferences, workshops and talks … and mark your diaries for the next Type Tuesday on 25 November

3 October 2025

Type Tuesday: My favourite logo

Type Tuesday: My favourite logo

Eye editors

Eight designers gathered together at St Bride Library to share their knowledge and opinions about logo design
Last week audiences packed into St Bride Library for our sold-out Type Tuesday, ‘My favourite…

22 September 2025

Graphic matters during wartime

Graphic matters during wartime

Rene Wawrzkiewicz, Eye editors

Despite Russian drone and missile attacks, the third FEED festival went ahead in Kyiv

Despite many challenges, Kyiv’s first big international festival of design and illustration went ahead without serious disruption.

17 September 2025

As good as it gets

As good as it gets

Quentin Newark

Rush to see this London exhibition of superlative posters by Otl Aicher, urges Quentin Newark

To say that Otl Aicher’s work is the best you can see anywhere is an understatement, writes Quentin Newark.

9 September 2025

Graphic design live #21

Graphic design live #21

Eye editors

Between Books, Type Tuesday, Pontus Hultén in Paris, Novo Typo Offgrid, Cyan and Karel Martens: Unbound

Read the Eye Events page to stay up to date with exhibitions, conferences, talks and workshops … and book for Type Tuesday

29 August 2025

James Mosley 1935-2025

James Mosley 1935-2025

Catherine Dixon

Catherine Dixon pays tribute to printing librarian, teacher and scholar James Mosley

Mosley was was rarely ‘centre stage’, yet his influence was significant … a popular speaker who wrote seminal texts on typographic history.

 
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