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30 March 2011

Bravo, Charlie

alexander ecob

Playing with phonetic typography at the Kemistry gallery

Hot on the heels of their intriguing exhibition of Saul Bass posters, the Kemistry gallery…

29 March 2011

Posters on sticks

sally jeffery

A vast river of banner-bearing humanity with something to say

Here is a postscript to Eye’s poster debate, writes Sally Jeffery (see ‘Help! Poster initiatives…

22 March 2011

Out of office

katie parry

A few words about Birmingham’s Type Writing Symposium

It’s not often I take time out of the studio to do some proper thinking…

20 March 2011

Fixed compass

the history department

David Gentleman talks about his identity design for British Steel

The most recent issue of Eye includes a Reputations interview with David Gentleman, whose career…

16 March 2011

Tarnished idol

alexander ecob

British Museum presents the public and private art of Eric Gill

His eponymous typeface is frequently used to evoke a sense of unadulterated, stiff-upper-lipped Britishness, but…

1 March 2011

Critique: French connections

rick poynor, the magazine department

Back Cover signals an allegiance to graphic design as a serious endeavour

In his latest Web-only Critique, Rick Poynor looks at the French graphic design and typography…

24 February 2011

Port of entry

john l. walters, the magazine department

Two art directors and an editor launch a brand new men’s magazine

You could be forgiven for thinking that the cold Spring of 2011, with its cutbacks…

17 February 2011

Words, windows, chaos

john ridpath, the technology department

Tim De Cort’s ongoing typographic experiments in code

The sheer scale of last year’s V&A show Decode: Digital Design Sensations, served to illustrate…

28 January 2011

Enter at your peril

Gaspar Noe’s stroboscopic titles express the dark vision of his new film

The titles of Enter the Void cascade at the viewer in a blizzard of typographic…

24 January 2011

Inky fingers

the type department

Letterpress workshop makes a grand day out for screen-weary workers

It may seem a little late to be blogging about the studio holiday treat, but…

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