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27 July 2009

The Form of the Book 6

fraser muggeridge

Fully Booked vs. Jan Tschichold’sThe Form of the Book; it’s a knockout

In the red corner we have The Form of the Book by Jan Tschichold in…

16 July 2009

Pictures for rent

the back issue department

Spreads from Abbott Miller’s article about stock photography in Eye 14

In this article from Eye no. 14, Autumn 1994, designer J. Abbott Miller discusses the…

10 July 2009

Eyes and ears

john l. walters

John L. Walters’ BBC feature about jazzdesign, on the iPlayer until 13 July

Earlier this week, I had the chance to live out my boyhood fantasy of being…

23 June 2009

Not in their elements

tony meeuwissen

When illustrator Tony Meeuwissen met Rolling Stones Keef and Brian

I briefly met two Rolling Stones in 1967, writes Tony Meeuwissen, thanks to Al Vandenberg…

19 June 2009

Eye 72 is on its way

the marketing department

Marian Bantjes, Airfix, MTV and ‘the designer as illustrator’

Here’s the cover of the latest issue of Eye. We like it. And no, it…

18 June 2009

Heavy metal

anthony oliver

Anthony Oliver’s Common Knowledge piece about tractor badges from Eye 71

My father was a design engineer who specialised in heavy earth-moving equipment, writes photographer Anthony…

16 June 2009

Smoke and mirrors

john l. walters

Poke’s digital agency map for Super Contemporary at the Design Museum

It’s like a very simple video warfare game, chronologically controlled by one knob. As you…

11 June 2009

Beyond our Ken

andrew robertson

Celebrating Ken Briggs’ colourful career at the National Theatre

Graphic designer Ken Briggs is one of the great Kens of 1960s London, writes Andrew…

4 June 2009

Corporate identity set in concrete

jessica jenkins

How Zlín did for the city what Basel did for the page

If the name Zlín, a town in Czech Moravia, rings a bell, it is probably…

8 May 2009

Letter to the editor