Blog: Visual culture

19 January 2012

In the neighbourhood #1

In the neighbourhood #1

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‘There’s instinctive understanding ... we barely need a brief any more’
For Eye 81, John Ridpath interviewed three designers who work with local clients. One of…

18 January 2012

Picture puzzle

Picture puzzle

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When is a photo not a photo? Why not ask Sue Steward’s ‘New Alchemists’ …
‘The New Alchemists’, an exhibition in Islington curated by Sue Steward, features 50 works by…

17 January 2012

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday, yves peters

Review of the Complete Works of type designer Adrian Frutiger
Adrian Frutiger (Switzerland, b. 1928) is one of the most important type designers of the…

16 January 2012

Noted #26

Noted #26

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Animated gifs, more awards madness, movie posters and a Kiwi in Brooklyn
Here are a few links to sites, articles and videos that grabbed our attention over…

12 January 2012

Wordy shopping ’hood

Wordy shopping ’hood

john ridpath

Balls, books, a rollercoaster … and tinned fear in Selfridges’ ‘concept store’
If the January sales haven’t lured you to London’s Oxford Street, perhaps a new installation at…

11 January 2012

Force of nature

Force of nature

liz farrelly

New Kapitza book replaces geometric certainty with organic structure
Following on from their 2008 book Geometric, the Kapitza sisters, Nicole and Petra, have produced…

7 January 2012

Noted #25

Noted #25

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Mogees, Brighton, Searle’s archive, Soviet rockets & Olympic sparklers.
More from Eye’s regular compilation of links to things that caught our attention over the…

5 January 2012

Joe rocks

Joe rocks

eric gillett

A stone’s throw from Interstate 80 – messages in the snake-infested brush
Short of car trouble or comfort breaks, there’s no real reason to stop along the…

4 January 2012

Savagery beneath the skin

Savagery beneath the skin

derek brazell

Ronald Searle, British illustrator,3 March 1920 to 30 December 2011
Everyone has a way into the work of Ronald Searle, writes Derek Brazell, whether it’s…

3 January 2012

Lines of communication

Lines of communication

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Carl DeTorres on IBM, Ogilvy and avoiding ‘over art direction’
For Eye 81, the ‘Designers and clients’ special issue, Chris Maillard spoke to several clients…
 
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