Opinion
Messy medium
Social media is shifting message-making away from mass media and into the hands of multiple users.
The writing on the gallery wall (Web only)
Sara Fanelli’s hand-lettering makes the Tate Modern more user-friendly, but what does it say about the art inside?
Being good
When designers start to question what words such as ‘good’ and ‘bad’ and ‘soul’ really mean, they can’t avoid ethics. And that’s no bad thing.
What do we call ourselves now?
In a world of brand specialists and information architects, is it enough to call ourselves ‘graphic designers’ without sounding either overly specialised or obsolete?
Out of the ordinary
Banal, amateur snapshots become almost poetic in these books by Fiona Tan
Eye 63 Contents
Editorial by John L. Walters. 01. Visual contents 02. Critique. Photography. Out of the ordinary. Banal…
Editorial Eye 63
Whenever people ask how to get their work into Eye, I’m reminded of the ancient joke…
Cognitive dissonance (Web only)
Martin Firrell’s work for Curzon Cinemas places public art in a commercial space
Agenda: Artspeak
How did ‘Art bollocks’ become the default way of writing about visual culture? Could Mao have the answer?