Blog: Visual culture

22 September 2008

Record design framed

Record design framed

john l. walters

Does ‘Spin’ reduce graphic design to the level of art on a wall?
The Spin exhibition is small, free, easy to find (if you’re in or near London)…

17 September 2008

Ahead of the deluge

Ahead of the deluge

simon esterson

Refreshed, reshaped and more reflective, Icon moves with the times
Icon, the London-based architecture and design title labels its October edition ‘the redesign issue’, writes…

16 September 2008

Format follows function

Format follows function

liz farrelly

Provokateur wraps its manifesto doodlings in a snake-oil special
With the internet hailed as an effective force for political change, writes Liz Farrelly, as…

16 September 2008

The Ed and Geoff show

The Ed and Geoff show

review

Review of Two Lines Align
Two Lines Align is the catalogue for the exhibition of that name curated by Michael…

12 September 2008

Beaker street

Beaker street

Who are the Shoreditch plastic cup letterers, and what do they want?
Last night it said ‘KAJAL’. The other night it said ‘DRUNK MAN’, and before that…

12 September 2008

Up against the wall

Up against the wall

andrew howard

The Poster-Film Collective. Beyond the designer-client relationship
The Summer 2008 issue of Eye, no. 68, went ‘Beyond the canon’ to question and…

12 September 2008

Page turner overdrive

Page turner overdrive

review

Review of Fully Booked (DGV)
Books are never just books. They can be catalogues, toys, models, play centres, showcases for…

9 September 2008

The internet loves kittens

The internet loves kittens

john l. walters

Elbow, Crusha and the communicative power of small furry animals
I thought I was going to be the warm-up man for Ian Anderson, writes John…

26 August 2008

Chalk and talk

Chalk and talk

john l. walters

‘A Recent History of Writing & Drawing’ at the ICA
It’s not an obvious design or art exhibition – more like an interactive playroom from…

22 August 2008

Graphic design on the radio

Graphic design on the radio

Paul Davis reveals all on live radio
OK, it’s not exactly Desert Island Discs, but Graphic design on the radio, presented by…
 
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