Opinion
Riches and embarrassment
A book of Swiss competition winners makes a virtue of its cold and awkward design. Yet if the jury seeks debate, as it claims, it must be prepared to explain its decisions. Critique by Rick Poynor
I have nothing to declare but my networking skills
Creative genius’ is so last millennium. What design students want – and need – is skill in collaborative online technology
Too gaudy for words
Independent’s new clothes do nothing to establish a once elegant paper as a vital force. Critique by Rick Poynor
It’s the end of graphic design as we know it
Rick Poynor responds to some perplexing findings at ‘New Views 2’
Eye Editorial 69
The mood and structure of this issue is somewhat different from the last...
Revelations in style
Gallimard’s Découvertes series secures readers’ loyalty by showing respect for their curiosity and intelligence. Critique by Rick Poynor
A persuasive chancer
Graphic design, Magazines, Visual culture
On the basis of its first issue The Happy Hypocrite is small, quietly experimental and just a bit passive aggressive. Critique by Rick Poynor