Eye Magazine

Blog: Typography

2 April 2009

The Form of the Book 5

derek birdsall

Dracula, blood-red prints of darkness (with dedicated typefaces)

John Morgan’s meticulous reading of Dracula, Bram Stoker’s classic and complex ‘novel’ (originally published in…

1 April 2009

These letters are so wrong

jan middendorp

But sometimes, as Playful Type shows, ‘any old shape’ really will do

‘A typically moral and conscientious Englishman’, Eric Gill once said, finds himself inclined to think…

31 March 2009

Type, Metahaven and TDR

the promotion department

Get your hands on a copy of Eye 71. Plus Type Week on the blog

The new issue of Eye 71 is out. And to celebrate, we are having our…

25 March 2009

The Form of the Book 4

sean murphy

If you don’t like the stock you can print yourself

I recall from my college years, writes Sean Murphy, in the mid-1990s the oft-discussed scenario…

20 March 2009

Design auction

the picture department

Were you there? How much did you drink? What did you buy?

Photographs: Julian Anderson, juliananderson.co.uk The Design Auction took place at London’s St Bride Printing Library…

19 March 2009

Eye 71 on press

john l. walters

This is it: time to get physical with paper and ink

Since we took ownership of Eye last April, writes Eye editor John L. Walters, my…

18 March 2009

The Form of the Book 3

william hall

When misunderstandings could be fatal – Mushrooms by Roger Phillips

‘Death cap Amanita phalloides: prolonged and violent vomiting and diarrhoea accompanied by severe abdominal pains…

7 March 2009

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

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?

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…

< First < 52 53 54 55 56 > Last >