Eye Magazine

A sprinkling of icons may make for a pretty interface, but many of them are opaque and meaningless

Despite regular attempts to suppress this unique 'folkart', London's public phone booths remain eclectic galleries of erotic vernacular.

The career of Germano Facetti is exceptional in its range. As art director of Penguin Book covers in the 1960s and as a designer, he was a powerful influence on book and information design, throwing a special light on Modern Movement aspirations and on attitudes to illustration. Facetti has maintained the concept of “documentary” and diagrammatic illustration to induce understanding, to express emotion, or to accumulate information in a more memorable way.

Ask a search engine for graphic design and you end up with branding. A trawl that throws up Future Farmers, Interbrand, Landor, Pittard Sullivan, R/GA, 72 Hour Logo Design, etc

Tom Phillips’s treated novel is a key text in the short history of deconstruction and experimental print.

Joe Sacco uses the comics medium to describe the lives of Palestinians

The layout and art direction of music magazines reflect and champion a wide spectrum of tastes and genres.

Alan Aldridge’s art direction of Beatles lyrics gave a graphic twist to the Swinging Sixties

A crackly, digital approach informs one of three current design trends.