Blog: Visual culture
17 July 2023
Nothing is real
Bad is the new good. Quentin Newark descends into Japan House for ‘Wave: Currents in Japanese Graphic Arts’.
Visiting, you descend stairs, like going into the Underworld …
20 June 2023
The collaboration games
London Design Biennale 2023 positions design as a tool for global collaboration. By Gabriela Matuszyk
The biennale theme, ‘The Global Game’, responds to the current cultural climate by referencing Buckminster Fuller’s World Game …
22 May 2023
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 …
11 April 2023
Graphic design live #11
Félix Beltrán in Madrid; contemporary book design from China in Berlin; female design in Mexico; and Emigre and Fuse typefaces in New York
Here is a selection of current and upcoming events that piqued the interest of our editorial…
6 March 2023
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…
15 January 2023
Graphic design live #9
Adana in London; Marclay in Paris; revolutionary graphics from Mexico and Germany in Los Angeles; and label art from Ireland in Dublin
Here are some January 2023 events highlights for your diaries. To stay up to date with…
7 September 2022
Graphic design live #5
Air-India’s Maharaja in New York; Otl Aicher in Zurich; AGI Open in Trieste; BBC’s ‘Kingdom of Cardboard’ in London
Here are details of four of the many international events taking place during September 2022 …
26 July 2022
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 …
10 July 2022
Now you see me …
Laura Meseguer’s installation ‘Invisible’ in Lleida invites visitors to rediscover type on the street
‘Invisible’ is an invitation to enjoy signs on the street … elements so familiar they can become ‘invisible’ …
25 May 2022
Serious fun
Camille Walala’s new monograph makes explicit the influences on her colourful community projects, furniture and large-scale public art. Review by Gabriela Matuszyk
In Taking Joy Seriously, Camille Walala shows how bold colours and playful patterns have become a fundamental part of her practice …