Blog: Visual culture

24 September 2011

Noted #12

Noted #12

noted

History of Chevrolet, infographics, letterpress and Spiekermann
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

23 September 2011

Graphic designers in Barcelona

Graphic designers in Barcelona

the events department

This year’s AGI Open has the theme: ‘What. How. Why.’
There’s just over a week to go until this year’s AGI Open in Barcelona (…

22 September 2011

Type and structure

Type and structure

julia thrift

Revisiting UK design practice 8vo, creators of Octavo magazine
The small, London-based design practice 8vo has an unusual position in the recent history of…

21 September 2011

Matters of life and death

Matters of life and death

Celebrating photojournalism at Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan
Plumes of black smoke rise to the right as you gaze over the river that…

19 September 2011

Noted #11

Noted #11

noted

NYT time lapse, facsimile dustjackets, nerdy day trips and LDF madness
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

15 September 2011

Typotranslation: à l’infinitif

Typotranslation: à l’infinitif

the form of the book

Richard Hamilton turned Duchamp’s notes into typographic form
‘It’s as though a science textbook has been put into type by an intoxicated typographer…

13 September 2011

Code tripping

Code tripping

john ridpath

Designers and developers come together for Flash on the Beach
This Monday, I helped man Eye’s stand at Flash on the Beach, Brighton – and…

13 September 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

christian schwartz, type tuesday

Back with a flourish #4. Christian Schwartz on swash love.
Interest in swash characters has been rekindled by a growing acceptance from type designers and…

12 September 2011

Ghostly symbol

Ghostly symbol

books received

A new book explores contemporary culture’s obsession with the skull
From ancient sculptures to the Damien Hirst, via Shakespeare’s Yorick and the Grateful Dead, the…

9 September 2011

Noted #10

Noted #10

noted

A minimal objection, reading a cube, the latest letterpress and Sutnar
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…
 
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