Blog: Critical path

20 November 2025

To be seen to be seen

To be seen to be seen

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).

24 October 2025

Design history in Ankara

Design history in Ankara

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

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…

22 May 2024

BIG in Milan

BIG in Milan

The first Biennale Internazionale Grafica takes place from 23-26 May 2024

The Biennale Internazionale Grafica (BIG) opens this week, with four days of exhibitions, talks, etc. across Milan.

11 January 2024

Two winners, 2000 losers

Two winners, 2000 losers

Minnesota’s crowd-sourced flag and seal raise questions for professional design practice, writes Steven McCarthy

Minnesota’s crowd-sourced flag and seal raise questions for professional design practice, writes Steven McCarthy

31 December 2023

Women in the room

Women in the room

The fifth edition of the AIAP Women in Design Awards (AWDA) brought together exemplary work from around the world.

The fifth edition of the AIAP Women in Design Awards (AWDA) brought together exemplary work from around the world.

22 May 2023

Patriotic rubbish

Patriotic rubbish

Metaphors – even unintentional ones – can deliver a powerful critique. Nigel Ball inspects the flag-strewn waste in UK streets

The flag has become a marketing tool, soon to become litter poking out of a bin …

15 May 2023

Type for survival

Type for survival

How type design is helping to save Indigenous Canadian languages from extinction. Will Novosedlik reports

English-speaking designers take it for granted that every typeface will be available in their language …

26 July 2022

Reclaim their names

Reclaim their names

Jahnavi Inniss, whose work is on the cover of Eye 103, urges us to ‘dig deeper’ into history. By Anoushka Khandwala

On graduating from Central Saint Martins’ BA Graphic Communication Design course, Jahnavi Inniss went straight into …

22 November 2021

Style and satire

Style and satire

What happened when Private Eye went to Town? Anne Braybon reveals a curious link between two very different 1960s magazines

In March 1962 Private Eye published About, a parody of About Town magazine (see Eye 96) …

 
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