Blog: Visual culture

15 July 2009

Off the wall

Off the wall

noel douglas

Just a little fun? Or advertising that plumbs new depths of cynicism?
If Lee and Dan’s fake suicide bomber ad* ‘for’ Volkswagen a few years back seemed…

11 July 2009

Trillion-dollar brainwave

Trillion-dollar brainwave

the video department

Video clip about the SA campaign for the Zimbabwean newspaper
Here’s a short video item about the Zimbabwean’s multi-trillion dollar campaign. See Sean O’Toole’s article…

10 July 2009

Eyes and ears

Eyes and ears

john l. walters

John L. Walters’ BBC feature about jazzdesign, on the iPlayer until 13 July
Earlier this week, I had the chance to live out my boyhood fantasy of being…

9 July 2009

Money’s worth less than paper

Money’s worth less than paper

TBWAHuntLascaris finds a use for Zimbabwe’s useless trillions
The ongoing and all-encompassing crisis in Zimbabwe, the ailing Southern African state presided over by…

7 July 2009

Photo realism

Photo realism

robert hanks

Penguin use Magnum archive stock to make reportage desirable
Publishers these days are all a-jitter at the prospect of a digital future, writes Robert…

6 July 2009

7 July memorial in Hyde Park

7 July memorial in Hyde Park

the type department

Phil Baines’ lettering for columns that commemorate 52 lives lost in 2005
Late in September last year, Phil Baines was commissioned to contribute typography for the permanent…

6 July 2009

Perez Hilton meets Hogarth

Perez Hilton meets Hogarth

steve hare

Why Mother London chose political cartoons for its Schweppes ads
While writing ‘Drawn into conversation’, his article for Eye 72 about brands and illustration, Steve…

1 July 2009

Persepolis 2.0

Persepolis 2.0

roger sabin

Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel is detourned to chart new events in Iran
Appropriations and detournements are a time-honoured tradition in comics, writes Roger Sabin. The 1930s Tijuana…

25 June 2009

Save the panda, but keep a low profile

Save the panda, but keep a low profile

steve hare

‘WWF’s logo was part of the problem, so it had to be part of the solution, too’
Is illustration bringing something new to brand communications? For his Eye 72 feature ‘Drawn into…

25 June 2009

(not so) Secret Blisters

(not so) Secret Blisters

the picture department

Screenprints on show and on sale for one night only
‘Secret Blisters’ takes place on Friday 26 June – it’s a Print Club London event…
 
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