Feature: Typography
Type reviews
By Dan Reynolds, Toshi Omagari, Linda Kudrnovská, James Clough and Silvia Sfligiotti
Reputations: Veronika Burian
‘How much can we simplify the shapes without losing clarity, legibility and cultural acceptance?’ Amy Papaelias interviews the co-founder of TypeTogether. Portrait by Suki Dhanda
Dafi Kühne comes to town
A grey London February was enlivened by a visit from the Swiss
letterpress innovator. Report: Richard Ardagh [EXTRACT]
Reputations: Rob Saunders
‘We are in a moment of fascination with everything analogue, especially for designers who spend all day working on screens for screens. For them, it’s refreshing and mind-opening and inspiring in some magical way I can’t fully explain.’ Interview: Eric Heiman [EXTRACT]
Eye type reviews
Six contemporary type reviews by Bryan Edmondson, Dan Reynolds, Mark Thomson, Silvia Sfligiotti, Linda Kudrnovská and Robert Newman
John Randle and his 26 soldiers of lead
As Matrix comes to a full stop, its doughty founder talks to Eye. Photographs by Philip Sayer
My friend David King
The book David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian is a comprehensive account of the work of a unique figure in graphic design history. Here Richard Hollis, witness to King’s development as designer, artist, collector and pioneering author-designer of dazzling books of social and political history, recalls his friend and fellow designer. By Richard Hollis
Jacqueline Casey. Science and design
Jacqueline Casey was instrumental in developing what became known as the MIT Style. By Elizabeth Resnick
Ten projects by Jim Sutherland
A graphic designer downsizes to spend more time thinking, studying and designing without commercial studio pressures. What could possibly go right? By Simon Esterson. Portrait by Philip Sayer
Anette Lenz: Poetic rhetoric in the public realm
Over nearly three decades, Anette Lenz has made work that transcends trends and technology. Profile by Jan Middendorp