Blog: Visual culture

6 June 2012

You’re never alone …

You’re never alone …

camilla grey

… with a smartphone, says Camilla Grey. But how smart is that?
Being alone is part of the human experience, writes Camilla Grey. As Dr. Seuss wrote…

31 May 2012

Lost and found

Lost and found

liz farrelly

The Pop-tastic Mr Edwards turns old images and type into collectable zines.
Expat Mister Edwards, still of the parish of Sydney, Australia, has been exploring the term ‘Pop’…

30 May 2012

Noted #37

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

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…

25 May 2012

Can design do what?

Can design do what?

Dutch conference looks at the potential of design to address social problems
What design can do! (WDCD) was a two-day conference, held earlier this month in Amsterdam, that…

24 May 2012

Home-made heavy metal

Home-made heavy metal

gareth hague

With no need to be cool, bands happily riff on the visual vocabulary of the 70s
Heavy metal culture has always been on the outside, writes Gareth Hague. Outside cool, outside…

23 May 2012

Eyeball pleasers

Eyeball pleasers

becky chilcott

St Bride hosts a plethora of pencil-squeezers (and diamond geezers).
STOP PRESS: MAKING PICTURES CONFERENCE POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2012. What is an illustrator? According to…

22 May 2012

Type Tuesday – sticky Univers

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…

20 May 2012

Photo finish

Photo finish

john ridpath

Bike app brings black, cream & red-blooded photo-reportage to the iPad
Following the trend toward towards beautifully designed and illustrated publications for cyclists (see ‘Two wheels…

18 May 2012

Come all ye …

Come all ye …

chloë king

Chloë King looks at the work in ‘Artists Open Houses’ at the Brighton Festival
There’s more to Brighton Artists Open Houses (AOH) than artsy-crafty delights and polymer-clay fairies, writes…
 
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