18 August 2025

Books received #61

Books received #61

Eye editors

Designed for Success, Floppy Disk Fever, Schriften, Lettering, Écritures and Propagandopolis

Four design publications that cover two kinds of discs, a legendary lettering manual and historical propaganda worldwide …

5 August 2025

This sporting myth

This sporting myth

Quentin Newark

Who would dare update the Munich pictograms made by Otl Aicher and Gerhard Joksch? Mark Holt, that’s who. Quentin Newark reports

The sports event symbols for the 1972 Olympics are rightly regarded as one of graphic design’s undoubted high points, writes Quentin Newark

27 June 2025

Festival in print

Festival in print

Amy Henry

The Glastonbury Free Press at Worthy Farm brings a rich tradition of sharing the love of printing to Festival-goers. By Amy Henry

‘The clack and hiss of the Heidelberg in action is a huge draw for festival-goers who visit the press and queue to get each new edition hot off the press!’

12 June 2025

Blood lines

Blood lines

John Warwicker

John Warwicker reviews a poetic exhibition in Melbourne by designer Catherine Griffiths

It is always interesting to see a designer transcend the constraints of commercial practice …

21 May 2025

Serendipity and self-discovery

Serendipity and self-discovery

Amy Henry

A new book covers Briar Levit’s multi-faceted practice and the lessons she learned along the way. Reviewed by Amy Henry

The publication includes Levit’s journey through a multi-faceted practice of designing, writing, teaching, editing, directing and archiving …

9 May 2025

Graphic design live #20

Graphic design live #20

Eye editors

Type Tuesday, Barbara Kruger in Barcelona, Typographics Conference, Paulo de Cantos in Japan, Tirzah Garwood and Electric Dreams

Read the Eye Events page to stay up to date with exhibitions, conferences, talks and workshops … and book for Type Tuesday

2 May 2025

Unbuilt environment

Unbuilt environment

Catherine Slessor

Exuding lavish production values, unimaginable back in the day, Archigram Ten picks up 50 years after the last one left off …

Exuding lavish production values, unimaginable back in the day, Archigram Ten picks up 50 years after the last one left off …

14 April 2025

Remembering Gerald Cinamon

Remembering Gerald Cinamon

Geoff Duffield

Geoff Duffield recalls meeting Gerald (Jerry) Cinamon for the first time at Penguin Books.
I first met Jerry in early 1981, where we both worked at Penguin Books, writes…

17 March 2025

Lost in the wash

Lost in the wash

Patrick Baglee

Patrick Baglee reviews Nick Asbury’s book The Road to Hell

For Asbury, purpose is the opposite of creativity: ‘Purpose is a closed mindset: it decides the goal in advance.’

10 March 2025

Digging out the roots

Digging out the roots

Quentin Newark

The Swiss Style is the dominant style in modern graphic design. It is so shorn-down, it has little to date it …

The Swiss Style is the dominant style in modern graphic design. It is so shorn-down, it has little to date it …

 
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