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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…

25 January 2012

The form of the essay

alexander ecob

FLOK’s clothbound series design for publishers Notting Hill Editions

The essay is a form of writing that has largely fallen out of the public’s…

11 January 2012

Force of nature

liz farrelly

New Kapitza book replaces geometric certainty with organic structure

Following on from their 2008 book Geometric, the Kapitza sisters, Nicole and Petra, have produced…

15 December 2011

Behind the belly band

sallyanne theodosiou

What happens when you stick a hyphen into culture?

Rian Hughes’s Cult-ure asks the question ‘What is a book?’ writes Sallyanne Theodosiou. Each spread…

1 December 2011

Ghosts and spirits

the events department

The uncanny side of Charles Dickens, elaborately illustrated

Mention ghosts and Charles Dickens, and most people’s thoughts will turn to A Christmas Carol…

22 November 2011

Bright Idées

rick poynor

Rick Poynor is dazzled by Henry Cohen’s photographic book covers

I was browsing in a book market in Nice this summer when I encountered Henry…

18 November 2011

Up and down the City Road

angus hyland, eye editors, marion deuchars

Pentagram’s Angus Hyland, Marion Deuchars and a tale of two clients

At this year’s AGI Open (see ‘Who’s who’ on the Eye blog), designer Angus Hyland…

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