Blog: Book design
4 April 2012
Graphic design by Richard Hollis
Mark Thomson reviews the exhibition at Gallery Libby Sellers in London
There are few occasions when something is genuinely unmissable, writes Mark Thomson, but for designers…
3 April 2012
Typonauts, start your quest here
type tuesday
Review of Type Navigator: The Independent Foundries Handbook
The Web has deeply transformed the retail market of type, writes Sébastien Morlighem in Eye…
2 April 2012
Technology and myth
Klimowski and Schejbal give graphic life to Stanislaw Lem’s robots. Review by Robert Hanks
Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) is usually considered an author of science fiction, but though his stories…
21 March 2012
Graphic design reading lists
How should we choose texts to guide students through the info-blizzard?
Twenty years ago creating a reading list for graphic design students was relatively easy, writes…
15 March 2012
Noted #32
Conference survival tactics, tales of Hofmann, bus tickets, Pelicans & Arc
Here are some links to things (and Things) that have caught the attention of the Eye…
13 March 2012
Type Tuesday. Baby love
andy martin, type tuesday
Andy Martin and his affection for the Studio Book of Alphabets
Sometime in the early 1950s (before even I was born) my old man bought a…
5 March 2012
Bells, book and blessings
john l. walters
Readers flock to Christ Church to celebrate the launch of Spitalfields Life
On Friday night I was invited to a book launch that was unlike any publishing…
21 February 2012
Type Tuesday
Reflections of a typographer: Matthew Carter on Modern Typography
Modern Typography: An Essay in Critical History by Robin Kinross, now in its reprinted second edition…
20 February 2012
From ligatures to Lilos
john l. walters
A handful of memorable logos from John McConnell’s long career
John McConnell, the subject of Eye 81’s Reputations interview, has been quietly leaving his mark…
1 February 2012
In the neighbourhood #2
‘Working locally has allowed us to produce a personal body of work’
In Eye 81, for the article ‘In the neighbourhood’, I interviewed three designers who work…