22 September 2011

Type and structure

Type and structure

julia thrift

Revisiting UK design practice 8vo, creators of Octavo magazine
The small, London-based design practice 8vo has an unusual position in the recent history of…

21 September 2011

Matters of life and death

Matters of life and death

Anne-Marie Conway

Celebrating photojournalism at Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan
Plumes of black smoke rise to the right as you gaze over the river that…

20 September 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alexander ecob, type tuesday

A bespoke typeface delivers ‘giddy radicalism’ for The White Review
From McSweeney’s endless experiments with form (see Eye 78) to The Drawbridge’s refined elegance (see…

19 September 2011

Noted #11

Noted #11

noted

NYT time lapse, facsimile dustjackets, nerdy day trips and LDF madness
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16 September 2011

Awesomely awesome FOTB

Awesomely awesome FOTB

john l. walters, the events department

Buzzwords and the inspiration of improv at the Brighton codefest
If you were to play buzz-word bingo at Brighton’s ‘Flash on the Beach’, the squares…

15 September 2011

Typotranslation: à l’infinitif

Typotranslation: à l’infinitif

the form of the book

Richard Hamilton turned Duchamp’s notes into typographic form
‘It’s as though a science textbook has been put into type by an intoxicated typographer…

13 September 2011

Code tripping

Code tripping

john ridpath

Designers and developers come together for Flash on the Beach
This Monday, I helped man Eye’s stand at Flash on the Beach, Brighton – and…

13 September 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

christian schwartz, type tuesday

Back with a flourish #4. Christian Schwartz on swash love.
Interest in swash characters has been rekindled by a growing acceptance from type designers and…

12 September 2011

Ghostly symbol

Ghostly symbol

books received

A new book explores contemporary culture’s obsession with the skull
From ancient sculptures to the Damien Hirst, via Shakespeare’s Yorick and the Grateful Dead, the…

9 September 2011

Noted #10

Noted #10

noted

A minimal objection, reading a cube, the latest letterpress and Sutnar
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