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14 June 2012

Noted #38

noted

Details, webfonts, operatic Len Lye, torn posters and Olympic variations

Here are some links to things that have caught the attention of the Eye team…

13 June 2012

Charts change minds

anne-marie conway

Description of the slave ship Brookes, 1788 – infodesign history in Eye 82

Eighteenth-century abolitionists used every propaganda tool in the book, but one of their most widely circulated…

11 June 2012

Out of the box

the events department

Eye magazine curates an ‘archive night’ at St Bride Library in London

On Thursday 28 June 2012 we’re inviting a small panel of designers and writers to…

8 June 2012

Time after time

mason wells

Mason Wells examines an Olympic Games schedule from Munich 1972

Only after the viewer has folded back the discreet cover featuring the beautiful ‘Wreath of…

30 May 2012

Noted #37

noted

Brilliant (Four) Corners, St Jude’s in the City, GTF and Andy Cameron

More links and mentions for items recommended by friends and contacts of the Eye team…

16 May 2012

Wax museum

simon robinson

A collection of Sheffield 78s evokes a forgotten era of music packaging.

Interest in record sleeve art naturally gravitates towards the long-play albums that emerged the 1950s, writes…

15 May 2012

Type Tuesday: Between writing & type

eric kindel, type tuesday

Stencils, stencil letters, tools and new fonts on display in Antwerp

The exhibition ‘Between Writing & Type: The Stencil Letter’, which opened in Antwerp on 1…

3 May 2012

Break out of the cloisters

jessica jenkins

Explore ‘Socialist Modernity’ at a forthcoming RCA symposium

Venture outside the world of blogs and back-slapping designer conferences, writes Jessica Jenkins. Everyday academic life…

1 May 2012

Modern games

alex cameron

Josef Hartwig’s 1922 chess set design advances a ‘Bauhaus reality’ check

Form follows function. The oft-quoted, much misunderstood dictum associated with the Bauhaus finds few better expressions…

24 April 2012

Signature typeface

the type department

Gill Sans test proofs and original drawings from the Monotype archive

Here are some more examples of Eric Gill’s sketches for the Gill Sans family, courtesy of…

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