9 January 2025

Books received #60

Books received #60

A pop-infused type sample; a handbook for visual research; & ampersands galore

The first ‘books received’ of 2025 looks at three unconventional design publications.

16 December 2024

94: 8000 one-offs

94: 8000 one-offs

Eye editors

Watch the award-winning short film about Eye 94

You can now watch 94: 8000 one-offs, the award-winning, fifteen-minute film about Eye 94 on Vimeo

5 December 2024

Dress to express!

Dress to express!

Janet South

‘Outlaws’ explores the influence of Australian performance artist Leigh Bowery, and his legendary London nightclub Taboo

What was so different about this a tiny club in a corner of Leicester Square, which barely lasted a year?

19 November 2024

Books received #59 (catalogues)

Books received #59 (catalogues)

Eye editors

Three catalogues: 100 Beste Plakate 2022, 28th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw and Paula Scher: Type is Image

This ‘books received’ focuses on a trio of graphic design catalogues.

11 November 2024

A feast for the eye

A feast for the eye

Janet South

‘Looks Delicious!’ explores the mouth-watering art of shokuhin sanpuru – Japanese replica food

Japan House London’s ‘Looks Delicious!’ is an incredible journey through a feast of Japanese food replica artistry and expertise.

31 October 2024

Graphic design live #17

Graphic design live #17

Peter Kennard in London; ISType conference in Istanbul; Stencil work with Eric Kindel; Lauren Halsey at Serpentine; and International Assembly Conference in Glasgow.

The team at Eye have curated a selection of current and upcoming events worth noting in your calendars. To stay up to date with exhibitions, conferences, talks and workshops, read the Eye Events page, updated weekly.

25 September 2024

Books received #58

Books received #58

Eye editors

Four titles: Znak. from Ukraine; Darren Leader's Logo Rewind; Present Tense: Wahine Toi Aotearoa from New Zealand; and Unidentified Paper Object No.3

The history and visual language of trademarks; an activist approach to underrepresented voices; and the work of Marion Bataille.

11 September 2024

All the fun of the Conclave

All the fun of the Conclave

Eye editors

A heady mix of design talent is due to swamp the St Bride Foundation stage on Saturday 28 September in ‘Outside the Lines’

‘Outside the Lines’, the St Bride Foundation Design Conclave 2024, takes place on Saturday 28 September.

15 August 2024

Lettering in the landscape

Lettering in the landscape

Mark Noad

Mark Noad, Chair of the Lettering Arts Trust, considers the training and design behind hand-carved lettering and looks forward to two exhibitions of the carver’s art in the UK
Two questions are regularly levelled at letter-carvers: ‘what typeface is it?’ and ‘don’t you have…

6 August 2024

The Griffin singularity

The Griffin singularity

John Warwicker, Alex McDowell

Designers John Warwicker and Alex McDowell pay tribute to the extraordinary photographer Brian Griffin (1948-2024)

Brian Griffin was a singularity; an odd fish from the Black Country, out of water and on his bike …

 
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