Blog: Book design

27 September 2023

Open to interpretation

Open to interpretation

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 …

21 August 2023

Books received #54

Books received #54

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

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 …

16 June 2023

Best in class

Best in class

The ISTD’s Student Assessment Scheme crosses borders through typographic excellence. Barrie Tullett, who was on the jury, reports

The International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) began in 1928 …

2 June 2023

Graphic design live #12

Graphic design live #12

Type Tuesday in London; ‘Palace of Typographic Masonry’ in Breda; Guerrilla Girls in Hamburg; and Typographics online and in New York

Presenting the June edition of handpicked current and upcoming events that captured the attention of our editorial team …

18 April 2023

Books received #53

Books received #53

Big Type; the nature of data; match boxes from Singapore; and posters by Niklaus Troxler
In our latest edition of books received, we look at titles featuring typographically driven graphic design…

6 March 2023

Books received #52

Books received #52

Weisbeck’s experiments; working class Covid-19 diaries; Connew’s vocabulary of colonisation; Shore’s photographic craft.
We have compiled a list of intriguing titles that have piqued our interest in recent months…

23 January 2023

Books received #51

Books received #51

En-suites by the seaside; floating letters in Brazil; Harlow front porches; and Parisian type

Four books that caught our attention: on seaside en-suites, floating letters in Brazil, Harlow front porches and Parisian type.

24 December 2022

Books received #50

Books received #50

The Most Beautiful Swiss Books; Topaff; AIAP Women in Design Award; and 10x1 54 (Contemporary African Art Fair)

To round up 2022, here are four reviews of award / anniversary books that caught Eye’s attention this year.

26 October 2022

Books received #49

Books received #49

Marylou Faure; Karel Martens in space; Olimpia Zagnoli; and HELL: The People and Places by Chwast and Heller
It has been a while since we posted a handful of book releases. This month’s eclectic…
 
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