Critique
Critique is the regular Eye column by Rick Poynor.
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…
Survivor
Graphic designer Romek Marber bears witness to one of the great crimes of the past century
Left out of the frame
This collection of short COI films is full of fascinating details, but short on context
Poundtastic bombastic
Is there is a graphic mismatch between Poundland’s presentation and its ambitions?
The future is ours to see
SpaceCollective’s innovative website, at once lucid and intoxicating, adds substance to techno-hippie…
Mining the graphic mother-lode (Web only)
Rochester Institute of Technology opens its American design archive to the online world
All mouth and trousers?
Challenged to design a poster celebrating London, British designers show mostly how little they care for…
Clever chameleon (Web only)
Rick Poynor examines Mono-Kultur, a smart and ‘exquisitely scaled’ independent publication