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18 February 2010

20-20 digital hindsight.

honor beddard

Early adopters of computer art and design enter the V&A collections

In the past few years the Victoria and Albert Museum has amassed what is now…

17 February 2010

Knots and geography

maxwell roberts

A psychologist challenges the Beck gospel of Underground octolinearity

Henry Beck’s iconic map (or diagram) of 1933 tamed the London Underground by showing chaotic…

16 February 2010

Indian ‘ostalgia’?

Soviet-style covers for Seagull Books’ histories of Communism

‘What Was Communism?’ is a series of short, snappy monographs, published by Seagull Books and edited…

15 February 2010

Volkssport design

florian schmidt

Is the design profession at risk thanks to hordes of Web-savvy amateurs?

Here’s Adam Simpson’s illustration (top), which we commissioned for Florian Schmidt’s Eye education article ‘Volkssport…

12 February 2010

Athenian walkways

john ridpath

Design Walk 2010 asks: where is this thing called ‘Greek design’?

Last week Eye was invited to take part in the fourth annual Design Walk in…

2 February 2010

Art for aid

How artists and designers can help the Haiti relief effort with their work

To Haiti with love is a new initiative hoping to raise money to help the situation…

1 February 2010

Action stations

the events department

Jonathan Miller explores the analysis and representation of movement

The current Estorick exhibition ‘On the Move: Visualising Action’ is not an art or photography…

29 January 2010

‘XYZ’

mr edwards

From x-ray spex to zither, the crapbook reaches an end.

It’s the end of the alphabet, and the end of Mr Edward’s crapbook. But before…

28 January 2010

Serious about design?

gareth lofthouse

The challenges of designing for a declining market in classical music

Tomorrow’s ‘Design for music’ day at St Bride library includes a panel about design for…

26 January 2010

Berlin snapshots: Florencia Young

berlin snapshots, john ridpath

‘Berlin is a magnet, attracting artists from around the world’

Continuing our series of ‘Berlin snapshots’, Argentinian-born designer Florencia Young talks to Eye about her…

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