Opinion: Critical path

 
Going off the grid

Going off the grid

Critical path, Graphic design, Magazines

Plastikcomb magazine looks back to 1990s graphics with stylish aplomb … and a focus on contemporary collage-makers.
 
Unfinished business

Unfinished business

Critical path, Graphic design

Scott King’s rallying call for creative freedom takes a satirical swipe at cultural gatekeepers. By Rick Poynor
 
Experiments in destabilisation

Experiments in destabilisation

Critical path, Design education, Design history

A CalArts book celebrates decades of purposeful graphic weirdness. Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Catalogue of things

Catalogue of things

Critical path, Photography, Uncategorized, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

A close relative’s colour slides show a densely layered record of everyday life. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor
 
Feminist scrutiny

Feminist scrutiny

Critical path, Photography, Reviews, Critique / Photography

Photographs challenge norms of female sexuality, beauty and domesticity. The first in a new series of monthly Photo Critiques by Rick Poynor
 

Saying NO!

Critical path, Eye Forum no. 1, Personal view

No no no no no no no no no no no no . . .
 

Chewing it over: issues of style and content

Critical path, Design history, Magazines, Agenda

Agenda In the spring issue of Eye (no. 47 vol. 12) I wrote a particularly…
 

Mysterious absence at the cutting edge

Critical path, Design education, Graphic design

Britain has many design stars and most of them are men. Yet very few young women want to be seen as feminists. That’s starting to change