Blog: Graphic design

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…

12 December 2011

Noted #22

Noted #22

noted

Cigarette packs, Geo-magnetism, inspiration and crafty Modernists
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

8 December 2011

Metal on metal

Metal on metal

andrew haslam

Andrew Haslam on the way store lettering is ‘routed’ for public display
Profile-cut letters for public signage are usually ‘routed’ by machine, from a cutting guide based…

7 December 2011

Stamp collection

Stamp collection

dannalie diaz

Royal Mail delivers another set of small-scale graphic design
This year’s edition of the Royal Mail Yearbook is another eclectic collection of British graphic…

6 December 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Stevens Titling from Linotype offers an unexpected brush with wildlife
Typefaces that strive to emulate the idiosyncrasies of hand-crafted letterforms have a patchy success rate…

5 December 2011

Mind and eye ... science and design

Mind and eye ... science and design

henry stanley

CSM Design Science Research Group aims to bridge a gap in understanding
Scientists are often accused of making their work impenetrable. Anatomical slides bearing little resemblance to…

2 December 2011

The Sheffield connection

The Sheffield connection

eye editors

Discovering a diaspora of former TDR designers in Eye 81’s ‘The far side’
A reader has pointed out an unintended pattern in the latest issue of Eye magazine…
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