Blog: Book design
31 December 2012
Spiral-bound scratchpad
The 25th Anniversary edition of the Redstone diary assembles visual and verbal ephemera on the subject of ‘language’, from doctors’ private slang to erotic hand gestures.
The annual spiral-bound desk diary from Julian Rothenstein’s Redstone Press usually delivers a quirky collection…
17 December 2012
Noted #47
Christmas gifs, Mel Bochner, hacked embroidery and kaleidoscopic flowers from Kapitza.
Here are some assorted links and things, seasonal or otherwise, suggested by Eye’s friends and…
5 December 2012
Sticky fingers
A new book by Marion Deuchars inspires children to get stuck in and make marks that are truly digital
Marion Deuchars’ Let’s make some great fingerprint art is the latest in her series of…
28 November 2012
Info design for children
The children’s books produced by Isotype combined child-centred focus with technical accuracy, writes Sue Walker
The Max Parrish Colour Books – described as ‘simple and vivid in colour’ in the…
24 October 2012
The Bloomsbury set
De Bondt, Boom, Burrill, Butterick, Garland, Kubel, Scher and many more make Typo London 2012 a highly ‘Social’ affair. No question about it.
Typo London commenced with graphic designer Sara De Bondt’s fittingly understated introduction, writes Sarah Snaith…
8 August 2012
Chaos and confidence
Next month, Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery will exhibit a survey of Tony Arefin’s graphic design
Tony Arefin’s art catalogues made him one of the most important figures in the British…
24 July 2012
Type Tuesday: Presstival
type tuesday
Preview of a late summer festival for British print and type enthusiasts
We like the sound of ‘Presstival’, otherwise known as the annual open day of the…
11 July 2012
Type Tuesday: Naked words
Type-only book covers: austere, functional … or shouting out loud
Once upon a time, book jackets were almost all pure typographic compositions: these were the…
29 June 2012
Graphic and grotesque
Hidden Treasure shows the human body in all its pathos and horror.
Hidden Treasure is a deceptively innocuous title for a book devoted to pictures of skin…
19 June 2012
Type Tuesday: Forward to page 1
caroline roberts
Managing (Great) expectations with a mix of ‘Pecha Kucha and speed dating’
A thought-provoking evening at the Design Museum marked the launch of Page 1: Great Expectations, the…