Critique
Critique is the regular Eye column by Rick Poynor.
Graphic and grotesque
Hidden Treasure, in its reflection of our bodies in all their pathos and horror, has a morbid but…
Regeneration X
Laura Oldfield Ford’s grainy Savage Messiah brings new urgency to an updated punk aesthetic. By Rick…
Scarcity and silence: Amc2 Journal
An image-led journal marries the serendipitous collisions of image-sharing sites with the physicality of…
The list goes on
Umberto Eco’s book The Infinity of Lists is erudite, informative and beautifully crafted: a contemporary…
Love’s labour’s lost
The Guardian has given up on its clear and elegant film rental site, redirecting its users to the clunky…
Dark Magus
Designer John Coulthart’s daily blog on the fantastical is erudite, prescient and admirably…
Commitment to content
Criterion’s DVD covers show that seduction by packaging remains a fiendishly irresistible (and…
Kiki in graphic detail
Catel’s quick-fire sketches illustrate the life of the young model who became a Surrealist icon and Man…
A soul drifting in neon limbo
The stroboscopic credits of Noé’s movie suck the viewer into an immersive maelstrom of lettering
California panorama
Emigre’s latest type catalogue uses historical sources to display wildly varied fonts with rollicking…