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A niche of a niche
CentreCentre is the imprint founded by British designer Patrick Fry
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
Crowd control
Designers are making illustrated books through crowdfunding instead of traditional publishing methods. By John L. Walters
The pandemic that launched a thousand visualisations
Covid-19 has generated a growth in information design and an opportunity to compare different ways of visualising the impact of this deadly virus. By Paul Kahn
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
Reputations: Mario Eskenazi
‘Here in Europe everything was more formal, more rigid, and American design was freer, fresher. I tried to be a mix of the two.’
Interview by Sarah Snaith
Eye’s early years
Founding editor Rick Poynor recalls the aims and ideas behind the launch of an independent design magazine
Space Type Generator
Kiel Mutschelknaus’s constantly evolving Space Type Generator has the power to hypnotise