Critique
Critique (established 1999) is the regular Eye column by Rick Poynor.
Instant content
Design is Kinky is a graphic design website that's high on content, low on critical awareness. It's a hit! Critique by Rick Poynor
The frontiers of ad space
Is playing advertisers at their own game a good way to keep them in check? Critique by Rick Poynor
Bound by mobility
Cellphone users: free as the breeze or caught in a network? Critique by Rick Poynor
A new ‘flag’?
Hold the front page! Rem Koolhaas devises a ‘bar code’ for Europe. Critique by Rick Poynor
From covers to content
Chip Kidd’s first novel may be the first novel about graphic design. Critique by Rick Poynor
Unclassifiable book
The New Sins consigns graphic designers to the upper levels of hell. Critique by Rick Poynor
Postcards from the edge
The ‘unpatriotic’ Sphere caught US designers at the worst moment. Critique by Rick Poynor
Vanishing point
A slender idea is inflated to attention-grabbing proportions. Critique by Rick Poynor
A symbol returns to its true colours
After 40 years of use and abuse, Alberto Korda’s picture of Che retains its symbolic power and presence. Critique by Rick Poynor