Blog: Typography

7 March 2009

Live at The Hague

Live at The Hague

jan middendorp

Jan Middendorp reports from the Gerrit Noordzij Prize Symposium
Yesterday at the Royal Academy in The Hague, Wim Crouwel received the Gerrit Noordzij Prize…

23 February 2009

Collection by Matt Willey

Collection by Matt Willey

Scrapper vs. Slugger. Boxing posters: tough type; bare facts; no fuss
I found these old boxing posters recently and I think they are wonderful, writes Matt…

14 February 2009

Who’s writing this script?

Who’s writing this script?

the post room

Valentine’s Day is a field day for Marian Bantjes
Design magazines don’t receive Valentine’s Day cards as a rule. Sure, we get plenty of…

26 January 2009

Broadsheet bounceback

Broadsheet bounceback

simon esterson

The Times redesigns its Saturday edition with some grand gestures
The Times appeared on Saturday morning (24 January 2009) in its new six-section configuration, writes…

20 January 2009

The Times: from paper 2 mag

The Times: from paper 2 mag

simon esterson

Thunderer prepares for a revamp by quietly reworking its second section
Life’s tough if you publish a paid-for daily newspaper, writes Simon Esterson. There are rising…

16 January 2009

Us Now documentary

Us Now documentary

kate andrews

Ivo Gormley’s film looks at the political potential of social media
When my mother signed up to Facebook, something extraordinary went through my mind, writes Kate…

19 December 2008

Phil’s top type hits

Phil’s top type hits

the type department

Or … ‘Now that’s what I call typography, vol. 1’
Chris Wilson’s recent Reputations interview with Phil Baines (Eye 69) pointed out that his early…

18 December 2008

Reasons to be cheerful, part 2

Reasons to be cheerful, part 2

A message from Barney Bubbles in the small print? Or just Ian?

I received an exciting package through the post the other day, a mint copy of Ian Dury’s ‘What A Waste’

16 December 2008

What’s that sound? Who’s that girl?

What’s that sound? Who’s that girl?

Eye’s latest cover features Goldfrapp and Replica
People have been asking what’s on the cover of the latest Eye (no. 70, vol. 18…

12 December 2008

Reasons to be cheerful, part 1

Reasons to be cheerful, part 1

Spreads from the original Eye no. 6 article about Barney Bubbles
Something for the weekend. Here, by popular demand, are all the spreads from the original sixteen-page…
 
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