Feature
The meaning of money
Bank notes change hands without so much as a second glace – a daily act of faith that says much about our belief in their value. Yet these intricate artefacts are complex carriers of meaning. What makes a banknote look like a banknote and how does the global graphic language of money communicate its message?
Russell Mills: Material and metaphor
Russell Mills was the original punk illustrator. Now he makes images of delicate abstraction.
After the wall
Unlimited horizons? East Berlin design group Grappa come to terms with the new Germany
Reputations: Barbara Kruger
‘I’m someone who works with pictures and words, and people can take that to mean anything they like.’ Eye talks to the American magazine designer turned media artist who uses the tools of advertising and graphic design to confront and question her audience
Reputations: Wolfgang Weingart
‘My work is like a quarry. People see a stone they like, appropriate it and work it until there’s nothing left.’ Eye talks to the father of New Wave typography.
Typo Photo
London’s most progressive designers are working with a small group of photographers highly sympathetic to their aims
BJ
Robert Brownjohn wanted to eliminate the boundaries between experience and design. In an explosively short career of remarkable promise, he pushed graphics, advertising and film to their conceptual limits
Cultural Identities
With the enormous number of new museums comes a need for clear graphic identity
Mondo magazines
Some of the sharpest and most influential graphic design ideas come from the new magazines. Eye thumbs the pages of the international press and takes a close look at three of the most consistently creative titles: i-D, Interview, and Beach Culture
The Painted Word
While some designers rush for their keyboards, Henryk Tomaszewski prefers to create his posters as he always has — with a paintbrush