Blog: Visual culture

22 August 2010

Signs of The Times

Signs of The Times

john l. walters

The enduring appeal of bizarre road signs and notices, from then and now
My mother, Margaret, always delighted in funny street signs when we went on road trips…

19 August 2010

Barbara Wojirsch: Eyes and ears

Barbara Wojirsch: Eyes and ears

the music department

A rare glimpse of the art and craft behind ECM’s visual identity
Adrian Shaughnessy’s article ‘One man brand’ in Eye 76, the Music design special issue, is…

18 August 2010

Up the ante

Up the ante

john ridpath

Should we take the Anti Design Festival as seriously as the LDF?
It’s not entirely clear whether the manifesto for the Anti Design Festival should be taken…

17 August 2010

Offset 2010

Offset 2010

bren byrne, the events department

‘There’s a black cloud over the economy ... we’re a beacon of hope’
Designers will be descending on Dublin twice over the next two months. First up is…

16 August 2010

Design for music and dance

Design for music and dance

john ridpath, the events department

Serge Diaghilev’s all-star cast of artists brought the Ballet Russes to life
Music and design meet again next month, when a major exhibition exploring Serge Diaghilev’s role…

13 August 2010

Music design in the frame

Music design in the frame

the marketing department

An offer new Eye subscribers can’t refuse – courtesy of Art Vinyl
If you’re in the UK this weekend and going to Vintage at Goodwood, we suggest…

11 August 2010

Comic serif

Comic serif

the picture department

How Punch magazine turned table talk into cartoons and typography
The British Library have just published a book that explores the inner world of Victorian…

9 August 2010

Music to treasure

Music to treasure

the music department

Hardformat.org celebrates the visual pleasures associated with listening
For our music design special issue (out now), Eye talked to Hardformat’s Colin Buttimer about…

6 August 2010

Cage unbound

Cage unbound

the events department

From watercolours at the Baltic to Water Walk on a quiz show
According to Schoenberg, John Cage (1912-1992) wasn’t a composer, but ‘an inventor – of genius.’…

29 July 2010

Going green

Going green

john ridpath

Graphic artists get political in an exhibition of posters for Iran
Next month, New York’s School of Visual Arts will host an exhibition of political posters…
 
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