Eye Magazine

Opinion: Illustration

Editorial Eye 103

Design history, Graphic design, Illustration, Editorial

It is commonplace to say that history is written by the winners, but the historical record needs to be challenged.

Inner space man

Graphic design, Illustration, Photography, Critique / Photography, Web Critique

Mike Halliwell’s montages illustrate J. G. Ballard’s The Atrocity Exhibition with a flair that evokes the late author’s own experiments with cut and paste. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

Editorial Eye 89

Graphic design, Illustration, Magazines, New media, Photography

Photography and illustration may be separate disciplines, but they are interwoven with design. The photo…

Against the flow

Graphic design, Illustration, Magazines, Visual culture

As editorial design becomes more predictable, Swedish feminist quarterly Bang kicks against visual norms. Critique by Rick Poynor

The woman who took on the Wolf Man

Book design, Illustration, Visual culture

Sława Harasymowicz’s first foray into graphic novels illuminates a Freudian case history with thrilling clarity. Critique by Rick Poynor

Regeneration X

Book design, Illustration, Reviews, Visual culture

Laura Oldfield Ford’s grainy Savage Messiah brings new urgency to an updated punk aesthetic. Critique by Rick Poynor

Inspiration: Pioneer 10 plaque (1972)

Design history, Illustration, Information design, Technology, Visual culture

Billions of miles from Earth and still travelling, this etched metal plaque is the furthest piece of design from our planet. Appreciated by Gary Benzel and Todd St. John of HunterGatherer

Inspiration

Design history, Illustration, Typography

Type designer Jason Smith takes an appreciative look at the shapely curves of Eric Gill’s erotic woodcuts