Issue 107

Opinion

Editorial Eye 107
John L. Walters
We often first experience cultural and technological changes through type and image, even if we…
Ambiguity blues
Book design, Information design, Rick Poynor
A graphically illustrated art project reflects our uneasy relationship with the truth. Critique by Rick Poynor
Michael Wolff, seagull
Book design, Brand madness, Front matter, Simon Esterson
He recruited birds and foxes into branding. Now his close collaborators have made a book of his work. By Simon Esterson

Features

Reputations: Margaret Calvert
John L. Walters, Simon Esterson
‘If I look back at my beginning and everything, it’s learning on the job. You teach yourself and you pick up things and you look and you research – and it happens.’ Interview by John L. Walters and Simon Esterson. Portrait by Philip Sayer [EXTRACT]
Learning from Coney Island: Michael Doret and American lettering
Norman Hathaway
When Norman Hathaway was asked to edit and design Michael Doret’s monograph, it was a chance to fill in some gaps in the history of illustrative lettering [EXTRACT]
Ultra process
John L. Walters
Tool, agent or end of days? John L. Walters asks designers and image-makers how and why they use visual AI and what this might mean for creativity [EXTRACT]
Baked in
J-P Hartnett
Its ethical problems may be nothing new, but as ‘AI’ invades graphic designers’ workspaces, its excessive energy consumption, resource extraction and exploitation of creative labour need tackling head on. By J. P. Hartnett
Where the wild type is
Holly Catford
Working across record covers, logos, merchandise and stage design, Amaya Segura brings innovative typography to contemporary R&B, hip-hop and beyond. Interview by Holly Catford [EXTRACT]
Eye type reviews
Mark Thomson, Silvia Sfligiotti, Dan Reynolds, Robert Newman, Linda Kudrnovská, Bryan Edmondson
Six contemporary type reviews by Bryan Edmondson, Dan Reynolds, Mark Thomson, Silvia Sfligiotti, Linda Kudrnovská and Robert Newman