Blog: Graphic design

9 January 2012

Words in practice

Words in practice

jim northover

Writing and designing are part of a continuum of communication skills.
Graphic design has always been about words and images. Nowadays words play an even bigger…

3 January 2012

Lines of communication

Lines of communication

eye editors

Carl DeTorres on IBM, Ogilvy and avoiding ‘over art direction’
For Eye 81, the ‘Designers and clients’ special issue, Chris Maillard spoke to several clients…

29 December 2011

Noted #24

Noted #24

noted

Social highways, a log, visualisation, book dedications & paper ephemera
More links to sites and articles that caught our attention in recent days. Information’s social…

21 December 2011

Not enough critical mass?

Not enough critical mass?

alex cameron, kristina ketola bore

Europe’s first MA in design writing and criticism looks likely to close
British design may be about to lose an important ally if the proposal to close…

20 December 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

andrew haslam, type tuesday

How lettering is made for public display: hand-routing
Andrew Haslam looks at the production of display lettering, and, in this instalment, hand-routing a…

19 December 2011

Noted #23

Noted #23

noted

Leiter’s fragments, animation, covers, ephemera and ‘comical’ wordmarks
Here are a few links to sites, articles and a video that grabbed our attention…

16 December 2011

Five from the archive

Five from the archive

eye editors

A handful of articles from Eye’s back pages. Kinross, Margolin, etc.
While we look forward to launching a new Eye website next year, we’ve been busily…

15 December 2011

Behind the belly band

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…

14 December 2011

Healthy competition

Healthy competition

dannalie diaz

Designers compete to produce work (and win donations) for charities
Everyone loves a little competition. Especially when, as with Veer’s Creative Catalyst: Design for Change…

13 December 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

christian schwartz, paul barnes, type tuesday

Christian Schwartz and Paul Barnes deep in the archives: Wilson, 1789
Some typefaces defy the classification of time and place. Wilson’s Roman of 1789 is a…
 
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