Blog: Design history

27 April 2009

‘No excuse for an uncomfortable chair’

‘No excuse for an uncomfortable chair’

victoria mcdougall

Helvetica director Gary Hustwit turns his lens on product design
How does the work of designers affect us, asks Objectified, the latest documentary film from…

17 April 2009

David Hillman

David Hillman

simon esterson

Gems from a master of magazine and newspaper art direction
There has been a lot of talk about golden ages on the Eye blog recently…

17 April 2009

Revival! preview

Revival! preview

the type department

Speed-dating, craft, obsessive photography and The DFC
Revival!: Eighth Annual Friends of St Bride Library Conference St Bride Library, London, 23 and…

14 April 2009

Drawn to be wilder

Drawn to be wilder

rian hughes

Rian Hughes explores magazine hand-lettering in the latest issue of Eye
Custom type was not an occasional indulgent art in the pre-digital dark ages, it was…

8 April 2009

Cutting some Slack for the AR

Cutting some Slack for the AR

simon esterson

A framework that’s more than just a (projected) shadow of its former self
The Architectural Review, the 113-year-old monthly known simply as ‘the AR’ by its visually aware…

4 April 2009

Q&A with Stefanie Schwarz

Q&A with Stefanie Schwarz

q&a

‘OpenType makes typographic subtleties easier to apply now’
Online exclusive. For other interviews on the theme of ‘Who needs design history?' see Eye…

29 March 2009

Jan van Toorn at the Mermaid

Jan van Toorn at the Mermaid

simon esterson

‘Collecting images is not enough. How democratic is it?’
In a very polite, and very Dutch way, writes Simon Esterson, Jan van Toorn used…

13 March 2009

The Peter Saville principle

The Peter Saville principle

sara martin

‘Music covers are not graphic design, they communicate nothing’
Peter Saville didn’t keep the audience waiting long last night, writes Sara Martin, only fifteen…

5 March 2009

Museum and magazine

Museum and magazine

the events department

New exhibitions at the Graphic Design Museum in Breda, Holland
The Graphic Design Museum in Breda, Holland, has published a magazine to coincide with its…

23 February 2009

Collection by Matt Willey

Collection by Matt Willey

Scrapper vs. Slugger. Boxing posters: tough type; bare facts; no fuss
I found these old boxing posters recently and I think they are wonderful, writes Matt…
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