Blog: Visual culture

18 December 2009

‘S’ today

‘S’ today

mr edwards

Rum Pet? Mr Edwards is playing with words this Friday
It’s that time of the week again, so settle down for another page from the…

18 December 2009

Curl up with a copy of Eye 74

Curl up with a copy of Eye 74

the marketing department

The latest issue is a Berlin special (with added wood type, code and books)
If the weather outside is frightful, we suggest you prepare a hot drink and settle…

16 December 2009

Power shots

Power shots

wayne ford

Mitch Epstein’s exploration of the USA’s energy-producing heartland
Mitch Epstein is one of the foremost photographers working in America today, writes Wayne Ford…

14 December 2009

Pan Am’s Helvetica dreamtime

Pan Am’s Helvetica dreamtime

How I unearthed a forgotten chapter in corporate design history
I came across six Pan Am posters while visiting the ‘Here Is Every. Four Decades…

11 December 2009

Rated ‘R’

Rated ‘R’

Mr Edwards rocks out in this week’s spread
It’s Friday, and Mr Edwards’ radish-headed band have taken to the stage. Another entry from his…

10 December 2009

Hat-Trick card trick

Hat-Trick card trick

things we like

Typographic treats (or what Jim Sutherland did on his holidays)
You wouldn’t want to play poker or spit with a pack like this, but type-spotters…

8 December 2009

Electric Narcissus and digital Echo

Electric Narcissus and digital Echo

john l. walters

‘Decode: digital design sensations’ at London’s V&A museum
The key word in the title of ‘Decode: digital design sensations’ (which opens today at…

7 December 2009

Cut and paste heroes

Cut and paste heroes

jeremy aynsley

Elaine Lustig Cohen pays homage to graphic design’s Modernist forbears
The recent New York exhibition ‘My Heroes: portraits of the avant-garde’ featured a set of…

4 December 2009

‘Q’ here

‘Q’ here

mr edwards

Mr Edwards investigates the curious art of quality football
Mr Edwards takes a puzzled look at the British obsession with ball games. Another letter…

29 November 2009

Notes on Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza

Notes on Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza

roger sabin

Joe Sacco, interviewed by Roger Sabin, at London’s ICA
Roger Sabin interviewed Joe Sacco in September 2009, part of ComICA at London’s ICA. Here’s…
 
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