Critique
Critique (established 1999) is the regular Eye column by Rick Poynor.
The future is ours to see
SpaceCollective’s innovative website, at once lucid and intoxicating, adds substance to techno-hippie optimism. Critique by Rick Poynor
Mining the graphic mother-lode
Rochester Institute of Technology opens its American design archive to the online world. Critique by Rick Poynor
All mouth and trousers?
Challenged to design a poster celebrating London, British designers show mostly how little they care for the form. Critique by Rick Poynor
Clever chameleon
Rick Poynor examines Mono-Kultur, a smart and ‘exquisitely scaled’ independent publication. Critique by Rick Poynor
Framing the evidence of war
By incorporating reportage of Russia’s Afghan war, this hybrid takes the graphic novel and photojournalism to new levels. Critique by Rick Poynor
The pleasures of browsing
Rick Poynor plays ‘hotel inspector’ to find a bookshop that understands its books and readers: Sydney’s Published Art. Critique by Rick Poynor
Bad timing
In a new Obama-led world order, Omega’s lust for luxury seems as misplaced as a licence to kill. Critique 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