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Blog: Graphic design

20 April 2010

Street art for the suburbs

john ridpath

Black Rat gallery’s ‘Now’s the Time’ to open with Fairey, Banksy, Swoon, etc.

Despite decades of critical and mainstream acceptance, street art still occupies an uneasy place in…

19 April 2010

Formats for books

jane cheng

Robin Kinross’s Hyphen Press and design publishing

The uncut booklet that accompanies Hyphen Press’s ‘Formats for books’ exhibition in Birmingham asks for…

17 April 2010

House of the rising sun

Manifesto design and the colourful visual codes of British party politics

Britain is still rubbing its eyes in amazement since the telectorate voted Nick Clegg the next…

16 April 2010

Cool for (copy) cats?

sally jeffery

Similarities: from plagiarisation and rip-offs … to homage and inspiration

This seemingly effortless poster by Abram Games, along with its ham-fisted imitator, is one of…

15 April 2010

Athens snapshots: MNP

athens snapshots, john ridpath

‘Greek design is everywhere … even in multi-photocopied civil service forms’

In this week’s snapshot, Eye catches up with a studio who have designed for some…

13 April 2010

Who’s responsible?

steven mccarthy

We need to redefine the ethical implications of design

The web site of the AIGA Toledo’s Response_ability: Ethics and Sustainability in Design Education conference…

12 April 2010

Bound for glory?

the events department

Fraser Muggeridge: current exhibition and July typography summer school

Fraser Muggeridge is one of the three designers recently featured in ‘They work with words’…

7 April 2010

Berlin snapshots: Pentagram

berlin snapshots

Wide streets, a metropolitan lifestyle … and major clients

Berlin, according to its charismatic mayor Klaus Wowereit, is ‘poor but sexy’. So it may…

6 April 2010

On the road

Scouring Montana for the last roadside signs of America

The commercial landscape in the United States is dominated by national brand name stores and their…

2 April 2010

Athens snapshots: G