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12 June 2012

Alan’s capital letters

the events department

This July show will take us round the London boroughs of Kitching

Later this summer, Alan Kitching’s forthcoming exhibition, ‘Mr Kitching’s London’ at London’s Advanced Graphics will…

11 June 2012

Out of the box

the events department

Eye magazine curates an ‘archive night’ at St Bride Library in London

On Thursday 28 June 2012 we’re inviting a small panel of designers and writers to…

8 June 2012

Time after time

mason wells

Mason Wells examines an Olympic Games schedule from Munich 1972

Only after the viewer has folded back the discreet cover featuring the beautiful ‘Wreath of…

30 May 2012

Noted #37

noted

Brilliant (Four) Corners, St Jude’s in the City, GTF and Andy Cameron

More links and mentions for items recommended by friends and contacts of the Eye team…

29 May 2012

Type Tuesday: West coast ghosts

john l. walters, type tuesday

This Emigre type specimen celebrates a lost era of LPs and recording studios

I once heard someone dismiss a former boyfriend with the put-down, ‘he’s the sort of…

22 May 2012

Type Tuesday – sticky Univers

jane cheng, type tuesday

Jonas Etter’s transient sculptures leave a bittersweet aftertaste

In the 1960s and 70s, making art with words was a way to avoid having a…

15 May 2012

Type Tuesday: Between writing & type

eric kindel, type tuesday

Stencils, stencil letters, tools and new fonts on display in Antwerp

The exhibition ‘Between Writing & Type: The Stencil Letter’, which opened in Antwerp on 1…

8 May 2012

Type Tuesday: space exploration

gerry leonidas, type tuesday

Some reflections upon typography & layout (and why palettes are evil)

In ‘Lost in flatlands’ in Eye 80, as part of our special ‘20 years of change’…

1 May 2012

Type Tuesday: Text, pixel, pen and fen

alex cameron

Tankard’s new type family Fenland questions the ‘calligraphic metaphor’

The launch party for Jeremy Tankard’s new type family Fenland, at London’s Kemistry Gallery, was packed…

24 April 2012

Signature typeface

the type department

Gill Sans test proofs and original drawings from the Monotype archive

Here are some more examples of Eric Gill’s sketches for the Gill Sans family, courtesy of…

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