Blog: Design history

2 July 2012

The art of illumination

The art of illumination

Will Burtin, the man who invented infodesign, 1940s – from Eye 82
Born in 1908 in a working-class district of Cologne, nothing about Will Burtin’s childhood suggested…

25 June 2012

Lady with the diagram

Lady with the diagram

anne-marie conway

Florence Nightingale on Crimean War mortality, 1858 – infodesign in Eye 82
The vision of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’, doing ward rounds in…

19 June 2012

Type Tuesday: Forward to page 1

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…

18 June 2012

A circle that moved the earth

A circle that moved the earth

alexander ecob

Copernicus’s diagram of the planets, 1543 – infodesign history in Eye 82
With the spread of print and Protestantism dethroning old sources of certainty, sixteenth-century Germany was ripe…

14 June 2012

Noted #38

Noted #38

noted

Details, webfonts, operatic Len Lye, torn posters and Olympic variations
Here are some links to things that have caught the attention of the Eye team…

13 June 2012

Charts change minds

Charts change minds

anne-marie conway

Description of the slave ship Brookes, 1788 – infodesign history in Eye 82
Eighteenth-century abolitionists used every propaganda tool in the book, but one of their most widely circulated…

11 June 2012

Out of the box

Out of the box

the events department

Eye magazine curates an ‘archive night’ at St Bride Library in London
On Thursday 28 June 2012 we’re inviting a small panel of designers and writers to…

8 June 2012

Time after time

Time after time

mason wells

Mason Wells examines an Olympic Games schedule from Munich 1972
Only after the viewer has folded back the discreet cover featuring the beautiful ‘Wreath of…

30 May 2012

Noted #37

Noted #37

noted

Brilliant (Four) Corners, St Jude’s in the City, GTF and Andy Cameron
More links and mentions for items recommended by friends and contacts of the Eye team…

16 May 2012

Wax museum

Wax museum

simon robinson

A collection of Sheffield 78s evokes a forgotten era of music packaging.
Interest in record sleeve art naturally gravitates towards the long-play albums that emerged the 1950s, writes…
 
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