Critique
Critique (established 1999) is the regular Eye column by Rick Poynor.
The canon, aimed at your back
GenPrag’s T-shirts celebrate the most emblematic of twentieth-century graphic design heroes. So let’s have one for Will Burtin. Critique by Rick Poynor
In passing: Obit
This American blog-mag reminds us that obituaries are about lives lived. Critique by Rick Poynor
Riches and embarrassment
A book of Swiss competition winners makes a virtue of its cold and awkward design. Yet if the jury seeks debate, as it claims, it must be prepared to explain its decisions. Critique by Rick Poynor
Too gaudy for words
Independent’s new clothes do nothing to establish a once elegant paper as a vital force. Critique by Rick Poynor
Revelations in style
Gallimard’s Découvertes series secures readers’ loyalty by showing respect for their curiosity and intelligence. Critique by Rick Poynor
A persuasive chancer
On the basis of its first issue The Happy Hypocrite is small, quietly experimental and just a bit passive aggressive. Critique by Rick Poynor
Absolutely the ‘worst’
How does a graphic work claim its place in history? Notoriety and originality helps, but nothing beats repeated publication. Critique by Rick Poynor
Portrait of the designer as author
Chip Kidd, designer and now novelist, is as skilled at crafting his own image as he is at creating other authors’ book covers. Critique by Rick Poynor
Picture a story
Katy Homans’ daring and ambitious cover designs for New York Review Books confound expectations. Critique by Rick Poynor