Blog: Visual culture

7 December 2011

Stamp collection

Stamp collection

dannalie diaz

Royal Mail delivers another set of small-scale graphic design
This year’s edition of the Royal Mail Yearbook is another eclectic collection of British graphic…

2 December 2011

The Sheffield connection

The Sheffield connection

eye editors

Discovering a diaspora of former TDR designers in Eye 81’s ‘The far side’
A reader has pointed out an unintended pattern in the latest issue of Eye magazine…

1 December 2011

Ghosts and spirits

Ghosts and spirits

the events department

The uncanny side of Charles Dickens, elaborately illustrated
Mention ghosts and Charles Dickens, and most people’s thoughts will turn to A Christmas Carol…

30 November 2011

Noted #21

Noted #21

noted

Hebrew letters, famine posters, IBM typewriter ads and early mag covers
Here are some links to sites that grabbed our attention this week. Hebrew typography A…

29 November 2011

Murder most typographical

Murder most typographical

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Edward McKnight Kauffer’s titles for Hitchcock’s silent thriller The Lodger
For all the critical attention Edward McKnight Kauffer attracts (including our preview and review of…

28 November 2011

Working for peanuts

Working for peanuts

john ridpath

50/50’s apples turn a parasitic financial model on its head. For good
Early this summer, digital agency Made by Many and Good for Nothing hosted a hack…

25 November 2011

Tinkering with the form

Tinkering with the form

alex cameron

Do you want a movie poster or a ‘designer poster’?
September 2011 saw the release of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, a star-studded British film based…

24 November 2011

Art in your pocket?

Art in your pocket?

john l. walters

Anthony Caro and Tom Phillips design gold and silver coins for the Olympics.
‘Coin design is not graphic design,’ said Christopher Frayling. ‘It’s relief sculpture … it’s art…

22 November 2011

Bright Idées

Bright Idées

rick poynor

Rick Poynor is dazzled by Henry Cohen’s photographic book covers
I was browsing in a book market in Nice this summer when I encountered Henry…

22 November 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Promo or primer? Nokia’s pure approach to a type specimen
Nokia Pure – the new corporate typeface designed by Bruno Maag (below) for the Finnish…
 
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