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20 April 2011

Dark tools of desire

rick poynor

Surrealism’s relationship with graphic design is still strangely unfulfilled

Surrealism is often described as the most influential of all twentieth-century art movements, writes Rick…

18 April 2011

Exposure

15 April 2011

In graphic detail – Critique on Kiki

rick poynor

See Rick Poynor’s latest Critique – about Catel and Bocquet’s graphic biography of Surrealist icon Kiki de Montparnasse

I had some reservations about Kiki de Montparnasse, a new graphic biography of the artists’…

14 April 2011

Mapping it up

alexander ecob

Embrace the inner cartographer of artists and graphic designers

I’ve yet to meet a designer who doesn’t harbour a fondness for maps, writes Alexander…

14 February 2011

Billion-dollar brainteaser

gill ross

Gill Ross on David McCandless’s ‘beautiful’ Billion-Dollar-O-Gram

Great moments in information design (continued). We have so much access to information now, writes…

8 February 2011

The numbers man

alexander ecob

Nicholas Felton talks to Eye about the allure of data-driven storytelling

As he reaches the final stages of his latest Annual Report, Nicholas Felton finds time…

19 January 2011

Rip and recycle

alexander ecob, books received

A tear-out-and-frame approach to sustainable graphics

Many regard climate change as a problem, but there are precious few who conquer their…

18 January 2011

Brit Insurance Design Awards

john ridpath, the awards department

Bantjes, Shandy, Flipboard and E.Chromi make the (long) shortlist

London’s Design Museum announced the shortlist for this year’s Brit Insurance Design awards this morning…

4 January 2011

Boudewijn Ietswaart, 1936-2010

feike de jong, jan middendorp

A Dutch designer rediscovered and now remembered for his letterforms

Just before Christmas, Dutch designer and illustrator Boudewijn Ietswaart passed away at his home in…

31 December 2010

Double vision

The Stone Twins come clean about their obsessions with a sticker book

They may be celebrating their 40th birthday, but the Stone Twins show no sign of growing…

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