4 July 2023

Graphic design live #13

Graphic design live #13

Eye editors

magCulture in New York; Hipgnosis documentary (UK and online); contemporary Iranian posters in Zurich; and Mexican blackletter online.

Listed below are some current and upcoming events that have caught the attention of our editorial team this month. …

20 June 2023

The collaboration games

The collaboration games

Gabriela Matuszyk

London Design Biennale 2023 positions design as a tool for global collaboration. By Gabriela Matuszyk

The biennale theme, ‘The Global Game’, responds to the current cultural climate by referencing Buckminster Fuller’s World Game …

16 June 2023

Best in class

Best in class

Barrie Tullett

The ISTD’s Student Assessment Scheme crosses borders through typographic excellence. Barrie Tullett, who was on the jury, reports

The International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) began in 1928 …

5 June 2023

The Panther experience

The Panther experience

Robert Newman

New York’s Poster House explores the graphics at the heart of the Black Power movement. Robert Newman reports

‘Black Power to Black People’ is a powerful, inspirational collection of important cultural and political work …

2 June 2023

Graphic design live #12

Graphic design live #12

Eye editors, the editors

Type Tuesday in London; ‘Palace of Typographic Masonry’ in Breda; Guerrilla Girls in Hamburg; and Typographics online and in New York

Presenting the June edition of handpicked current and upcoming events that captured the attention of our editorial team …

22 May 2023

Patriotic rubbish

Patriotic rubbish

Nigel Ball

Metaphors – even unintentional ones – can deliver a powerful critique. Nigel Ball inspects the flag-strewn waste in UK streets

The flag has become a marketing tool, soon to become litter poking out of a bin …

15 May 2023

Type for survival

Type for survival

Will Novosedlik

How type design is helping to save Indigenous Canadian languages from extinction. Will Novosedlik reports

English-speaking designers take it for granted that every typeface will be available in their language …

18 April 2023

Books received #53

Books received #53

Paul Kahn, Eye editors

Big Type; the nature of data; match boxes from Singapore; and posters by Niklaus Troxler
In our latest edition of books received, we look at titles featuring typographically driven graphic design…

11 April 2023

Graphic design live #11

Graphic design live #11

Eye editors, the editors

Félix Beltrán in Madrid; contemporary book design from China in Berlin; female design in Mexico; and Emigre and Fuse typefaces in New York
Here is a selection of current and upcoming events that piqued the interest of our editorial…

4 April 2023

Variable grunge

Variable grunge

Paul Barnes

The typewriter typeface formerly known as ‘Trixie’ gets a makeover and a new name: Neither Confirm Nor Deny (NCND). By Paul Barnes

Trixie was perfect for the age of grunge. It became a visual shorthand for typewriters, with the quality of authenticity …

 
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