Blog: July 2014

31 July 2014

Shouting from the library

Shouting from the library

Elizabeth Beidler

A review of 21 Revolutions by Elizabeth F. Beidler
21 Revolutions tells the story of Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) through the eyes of 4…

24 July 2014

Learning from L’Automàtica

Learning from L’Automàtica

Stephen Barrett

East London students attend a letterpress workshop with the Barcelona printing collective
The University of East London discarded its letterpress equipment years ago, like many UK-based higher…

21 July 2014

Books received #9

Books received #9

Eye editors

The Typographic Universe, Strange Worlds, paper folding, Supernew Supergraphics and The Open Book Project
Here is a quick look at some titles that have recently arrived at Eye’s Shoreditch…

17 July 2014

Body of print

Body of print

Holly Harris

The Courtauld Gallery’s ‘Impress’ exhibition shows the connections between the process, the printmaker and the page
Visiting the Courtauld Gallery’s (soon-to-end) exhibition ‘Impress: Print Making Expanded in Contemporary Art’ is like…

15 July 2014

Design for eating: Milton Glaser

Design for eating: Milton Glaser

John L. Walters

Milton Glaser recalls working with an inspirational client – the great New York restaurateur Joe Baum (1920-98). Interview by John L. Walters
New York designer Milton Glaser has long been associated with design for food and drink…

8 July 2014

Poster engineer

Poster engineer

John L. Walters

Naomi Games profiles the life and work of her father Abram Games in this recent book from the Antique Collectors’ Club
Flaubert once wrote that when one writes the biography of a friend or relative, one…