Blog: Music design
6 August 2024
The Griffin singularity
Designers John Warwicker and Alex McDowell pay tribute to the extraordinary photographer Brian Griffin (1948-2024)
Brian Griffin was a singularity; an odd fish from the Black Country, out of water and on his bike …
22 May 2024
BIG in Milan
The first Biennale Internazionale Grafica takes place from 23-26 May 2024
The Biennale Internazionale Grafica (BIG) opens this week, with four days of exhibitions, talks, etc. across Milan.
8 November 2021
Silent sound
musicdesign
Chris Bigg’s ‘sketchbook’, Analogue Process 1987 – 2019, is a hymn of praise to ink on paper
Chris Bigg has enjoyed a close relationship with many musicians and music labels over his substantial career …
13 September 2020
Systems of nightlife
Over the past five years, Vanja Golubovic and Onlab Geneva have crafted several series of powerful posters for the Berlin techno club Tresor.
By Daniel Melfi
Until the lockdown, Vanja Golubovic and her team designed around twenty flyers each month for…
11 May 2020
Tom Hautekiet, 1970-2020
Belgian designer Tom Hautekiet was one of the smartest, most energetic practitioners of his generation. His witty and subtly subversive spirit will be missed. By Jan Middendorp
On 30 April 2020, Belgian graphic designer, illustrator and musician Tom Hautekiet died unexpectedly at…
28 May 2019
Type now: Eye 98 live
Join us at St Bride Library for Eye’s quarterly
Type Tuesday on 4 June, with Hansje van Halem, Mark Thomson, Ferdinand Ulrich and more …
The next Type Tuesday on 4 June 2019 is a live version of our latest…
26 April 2019
Eye 98 out now
The latest issue of Eye is a type special
The latest issue of Eye has been printed and it’s on its way to subscribers…
15 March 2018
Powers of Pabrü
To discover the work of ‘Pabrü’ – Swiss designer Paul Brühwiler – head to Falmouth University. Jessica Jenkins sets the scene
‘Pabrü’, opens on 23 March 2018 at Falmouth University and offers fresh insights into the…
25 February 2018
Music deco
‘Rhythm & Reaction’ gets under the skin of a British love affair with American jazz
Jazz first came to Britain as a visual and cultural style – rather than as…
6 November 2017
Books received #30
This Is Me, Full Stop., Jonny Hannah, Hi-Fi Living, Sardon’s Stampography and drawings of UFOs
Here is yet another selection of books that caught our attention in recent weeks and…