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13 March 2009

The Peter Saville principle

sara martin

‘Music covers are not graphic design, they communicate nothing’

Peter Saville didn’t keep the audience waiting long last night, writes Sara Martin, only fifteen…

5 March 2009

Museum and magazine

the events department

New exhibitions at the Graphic Design Museum in Breda, Holland

The Graphic Design Museum in Breda, Holland, has published a magazine to coincide with its…

23 February 2009

Collection by Matt Willey

Scrapper vs. Slugger. Boxing posters: tough type; bare facts; no fuss

I found these old boxing posters recently and I think they are wonderful, writes Matt…

5 February 2009

The scariest taboo?

books received

Sagmeister’s credit list questions designers’ reluctance to discuss fees

Abrams is about to republish Stefan Sagmeister’s Made You Look, first published in 2001 by…

22 January 2009

Treasure trove of graphic resistance

noel douglas

Black Panther: Emory Douglas and the Art of Revolution

What better time to see an exhibition of work by Emory Douglas, the official artist…

19 December 2008

Phil’s top type hits

the type department

Or … ‘Now that’s what I call typography, vol. 1’

Chris Wilson’s recent Reputations interview with Phil Baines (Eye 69) pointed out that his early…

18 December 2008

Reasons to be cheerful, part 2

A message from Barney Bubbles in the small print? Or just Ian?

I received an exciting package through the post the other day, a mint copy of Ian Dury’s ‘What A Waste’

12 December 2008

Reasons to be cheerful, part 1

Spreads from the original Eye no. 6 article about Barney Bubbles

Something for the weekend. Here, by popular demand, are all the spreads from the original sixteen-page…

10 December 2008

Milestone at the edge of the map

hamish thompson

New Zealand is geared up for its first international typography symposium

‘Small, perplexed post-colonial democracy seeking in-depth typographical conversation.’ Some want ads are made to go…

15 November 2008

Crouwel at ‘80 20 100’

the picture department

Images from the catalogue for the Rotterdam exhibition

Here, by popular demand, are some spreads from the catalogue to ‘80 20 100’, the…

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