Blog: March 2010

31 March 2010

Type technology

Type technology

joe newton, veer

How new OpenType software is helping typography go retro
While a number of talented graphic designers have dabbled in type design, creating very charming…

30 March 2010

No wasted space

No wasted space

the form of the book

McSweeney’s celebrates its vision of independent publishing

Art of McSweeney’s celebrates the journal’s design and visual content.

29 March 2010

Visual ping-pong

Visual ping-pong

john ridpath

Designers in London and Berlin have started a creative conversation.
It’s good to talk, and this year’s Art Of Conversation has started up a unique…

26 March 2010

Pick Me Up at Somerset House

Pick Me Up at Somerset House

claire catterall

Curator Claire Catterall introduces the UK’s first graphic arts fair
I’ve never been one for the more traditional, ‘museumy’ kind of exhibition, writes Claire Catterall…

25 March 2010

Ghostly amphibians

Ghostly amphibians

sally jeffery

Deviant toads and art-science collisions in London
Some tiny, jewel-like translucent toadlets are making a brief appearance at the Royal Institution, in…

24 March 2010

Green USP?

Green USP?

lynne ciochetto

Greenwashing and design in the age of ethical consumption
In the contemporary era of heightened green awareness and ‘ethical consumption’, major companies have quickly…

23 March 2010

Eye 75, a typography special

Eye 75, a typography special

Lettering as illustration, calligraphy, type on the Web and much more
The latest issue of Eye has been printed and bound and is now on its way…

18 March 2010

Athens snapshots: Indyvisuals

Athens snapshots: Indyvisuals

athens snapshots, john ridpath

‘Athens is old, new, busy, noisy, & politically & economically imbalanced’
Next up in our virtual tour of Athenian design is collective Indyvisuals, writes John Ridpath…

17 March 2010

Think ink

Think ink

the production department

Special colour for calligraffiti on front of Eye 75, our typography special
The cover of Eye 75, out very soon, uses a special colour, a fluorescent Pantone…

16 March 2010

Are you sitting comfortably?

Are you sitting comfortably?

sally jeffery

70 different ways to get children toSit Down at the Museum of Childhood
Left to themselves, children settling down with a book will almost always drape, wedge, lean…
 
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