Blog: Graphic design

19 January 2012

In the neighbourhood #1

In the neighbourhood #1

eye editors

‘There’s instinctive understanding ... we barely need a brief any more’
For Eye 81, John Ridpath interviewed three designers who work with local clients. One of…

17 January 2012

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday, yves peters

Review of the Complete Works of type designer Adrian Frutiger
Adrian Frutiger (Switzerland, b. 1928) is one of the most important type designers of the…

16 January 2012

Noted #26

Noted #26

noted

Animated gifs, more awards madness, movie posters and a Kiwi in Brooklyn
Here are a few links to sites, articles and videos that grabbed our attention over…

12 January 2012

Wordy shopping ’hood

Wordy shopping ’hood

john ridpath

Balls, books, a rollercoaster … and tinned fear in Selfridges’ ‘concept store’
If the January sales haven’t lured you to London’s Oxford Street, perhaps a new installation at…

11 January 2012

Force of nature

Force of nature

liz farrelly

New Kapitza book replaces geometric certainty with organic structure
Following on from their 2008 book Geometric, the Kapitza sisters, Nicole and Petra, have produced…

9 January 2012

‘Need a new toolbox.’

‘Need a new toolbox.’

john ridpath, type tuesday

Type Tuesday: Made by Many chat about the challenges of webfonts
Eye has covered webfonts several times, most recently in ‘Andmoreagain’ a blog about the 2011Ampersand…

9 January 2012

Words in practice

Words in practice

jim northover

Writing and designing are part of a continuum of communication skills.
Graphic design has always been about words and images. Nowadays words play an even bigger…

3 January 2012

Lines of communication

Lines of communication

eye editors

Carl DeTorres on IBM, Ogilvy and avoiding ‘over art direction’
For Eye 81, the ‘Designers and clients’ special issue, Chris Maillard spoke to several clients…

29 December 2011

Noted #24

Noted #24

noted

Social highways, a log, visualisation, book dedications & paper ephemera
More links to sites and articles that caught our attention in recent days. Information’s social…

21 December 2011

Not enough critical mass?

Not enough critical mass?

alex cameron, kristina ketola bore

Europe’s first MA in design writing and criticism looks likely to close
British design may be about to lose an important ally if the proposal to close…
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