Blog: Visual culture

12 January 2011

Another book on the wall

Another book on the wall

‘Rehashing a winning formula’ with the Banksy street-art street-map
With a poster commissioned by Greenpeace going under the hammer for £80,000, thank goodness for this…

8 January 2011

Ice sights and sounds

Ice sights and sounds

john l. walters

Instruments sculpted out of frozen water from ancient lakes
On the River Terrace by London’s Somerset House there’s a glowing ‘geodesic igloo’ (below) –…

31 December 2010

Double vision

Double vision

The Stone Twins come clean about their obsessions with a sticker book
They may be celebrating their 40th birthday, but the Stone Twins show no sign of growing…

30 December 2010

Art and dodging

Art and dodging

UK dismay at spending cuts and tax avoidance finds a graphic outlet
What with student protests, tax cuts and the unions threatening mass strikes, 2010 ends with revolution…

23 December 2010

Calling cards

Calling cards

books received

How 76 graphic designers have art-directed their own identities
Logos, business cards, letterheads, brochures, websites, packaging: designers spend a lot of time creating other…

22 December 2010

Celia Frances Stothard 1949-2010

Celia Frances Stothard 1949-2010

Saying goodbye to Alan Kitching’s longtime partner in printing
Celia Stothard died on 8 December. We will miss her. Our condolences to Alan Kitching…

20 December 2010

Re-activating the LP

Re-activating the LP

the music department

Flick through virtual vinyl; Big Active tackles Mark Ronson’s iTunes album
In ‘Make music visible’, in Eye 76, the music design special issue, we spoke to…

17 December 2010

Escape from nostalgia

Escape from nostalgia

alexander ecob

Letterpress methods and the struggle between progress and pastiche
As Christmas draws closer, many of us can look forward to receiving wonderful gifts which…

16 December 2010

The big chill

The big chill

john l. walters

Ice and police on the streets inspire a new print from artist Giorgio Sadotti.
‘It’s not really a collaboration,’ says designer Fraser Muggeridge about his work with artist Giorgio…

15 December 2010

Chemical Christmas

Chemical Christmas

the science department

A periodic table of festivity from the London College of Communication
Jamie Hobson and Alison Prendiville at London College of Communication have designed this seasonal take…
 
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