Blog: Visual culture

18 March 2011

Help!

Help!

alexander ecob

Poster initiatives mean well, but what are designers raising awareness of?
Is there a need for an awareness-raising campaign for one of the worst natural disasters…

17 March 2011

Young(-ish) guns, having some fun

Young(-ish) guns, having some fun

john l. walters, the events department

The graphic art of ‘Pick Me Up’ on the banks of the Thames
Pick Me Up starts today at London’s Somerset House, the second outing for this ‘Contemporary…

16 March 2011

Tarnished idol

Tarnished idol

alexander ecob

British Museum presents the public and private art of Eric Gill
His eponymous typeface is frequently used to evoke a sense of unadulterated, stiff-upper-lipped Britishness, but…

15 March 2011

Doing the right thing

Doing the right thing

john ridpath, the events department

UCL seminar to discuss the ethics of graphic design
Back in the summer of 1994, Andrew Howard reminded Eye readers of ‘First Things First’…

10 March 2011

Entente cordiale

Entente cordiale

natalie ferris

A pre-Chaumont RCA show juxtaposes cross-Channel poster art
Posters shout, jostle, and cajole. They blister every surface from bedroom wall to tube-train, from…

9 March 2011

Wild vision

Wild vision

wayne ford

Wayne Ford on the art and craft of wildlife photography
In 1884, Ottmar Anschütz made his now famous studies of storks, writes Wayne Ford. The…

7 March 2011

Picturing Ma’am

Picturing Ma’am

john ridpath

From stamps to portraiture: the images of a Royal subject
After a short-lived period of panic and confusion earlier this year, it was announced that…

4 March 2011

Context is king

Context is king

alexander ecob

Life-logging could be a treasure trove for information designers
Hardly a week goes by without a new story of someone’s personal data being left…

3 March 2011

Downtown canon

Downtown canon

john l. walters

Installation, performance and drawing in the Barbican gallery
An ambitious new Barbican exhibition opens today, writes John L. Walters. Entitled ‘Laurie Anderson, Trisha…

24 February 2011

Port of entry

Port of entry

john l. walters, the magazine department

Two art directors and an editor launch a brand new men’s magazine
You could be forgiven for thinking that the cold Spring of 2011, with its cutbacks…
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