Blog: December 2013

24 December 2013

Autograph monograph

Autograph monograph

Mark Porter

A new book shows Marian Bantjes’ deep personal engagement with her work. Review of Pretty Pictures by Mark Porter.
Pretty Pictures covers the astonishing body of work Marian Bantjes produced over nine years after…

20 December 2013

Type on the tongue

Type on the tongue

Eye editors, Simon Esterson, Jay Prynne, Sarah Snaith, Janet South, John L. Walters

Eye’s panel checks out the taste of Helvetica, Impact and Comic Sans (as cooked up by Sarah Hyndman)
Designer Sarah Hyndman is known for her Type Tasting workshops – popular events at Pick…

19 December 2013

Out of the shadows

Out of the shadows

Sarah Snaith

The Gentle Author delivers an album of London past and present in time for Christmas
The long hours of darkness that signify the encroaching winter can cast an unfavourable light…

18 December 2013

Comp up the volume

Comp up the volume

John L. Walters

A loud new book pays tribute to the Colby Poster Printing Company of LA and their clients, from artists to junk dealers
This new book is a riotous feast of posters produced in recent decades by the…

13 December 2013

Noted #56

Noted #56

Eye editors

An Advent Adventure, Fedrigoni, the Dutch Type Library and MoetMoet Letterpress, Typodarium, and Studio Hinrichs’ typography calendar
Here are a few festive calendars that piqued our interest this week. Bob Design makes…

6 December 2013

On the water, off the wall

On the water, off the wall

Sarah Snaith

Lawrence Weiner’s typographic and gestural drawings fill the lower gallery of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum
‘Written on the Wind’ (Op de Wind Geschreven) is an exhibition at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum…

4 December 2013

Type Tuesday – 10 December 2013

Type Tuesday – 10 December 2013

Eye editors

Archive night with Lucienne Roberts, Rathna Ramanathan, Fraser Muggeridge, Gerry Leonidas, Ken Garland, Simon Esterson and Martin Andrews
Next week we’ll be hosting another Type Tuesday event at St Bride Library in London…

2 December 2013

Books received #5

Books received #5

Eye editors

Alphabet postcards, type geeks as ‘birders’, post-digital letterpress, understanding type basics and calligraphy
Here is a brief look at some type-oriented titles that recently arrived at Eye’s Shoreditch…