Blog: Visual culture

16 April 2009

‘Cindy Sherman’ in Mayfair

‘Cindy Sherman’ in Mayfair

wayne ford

Portraits of the artist as a wealthy American matron
Over the past 30 years Cindy Sherman has developed an intimate relationship with her camera…

14 April 2009

Drawn to be wilder

Drawn to be wilder

rian hughes

Rian Hughes explores magazine hand-lettering in the latest issue of Eye
Custom type was not an occasional indulgent art in the pre-digital dark ages, it was…

8 April 2009

Cutting some Slack for the AR

Cutting some Slack for the AR

simon esterson

A framework that’s more than just a (projected) shadow of its former self
The Architectural Review, the 113-year-old monthly known simply as ‘the AR’ by its visually aware…

7 April 2009

Curwen on the Stone(s)

Curwen on the Stone(s)

the picture department

Pasche’s rock’n’roll posters get the fine printing treatment
Designer John Pasche writes to tell us that his celebrated Rolling Stones posters (see Two…

6 April 2009

Golden Age of type? Or the dark ages?

Golden Age of type? Or the dark ages?

the type department

Eye’s type special nominates the faces of the moment. Now name yours
In ‘Golden age?’ (Eye no. 71 vol. 18), we asked twelve practitioners – art directors…

6 April 2009

A contributor writes

A contributor writes

the post room

Letters from the Eye postbag: calligraphy by Paul Shaw
One of the more cheering aspects of working on a graphic design magazine is receiving…

2 April 2009

The Form of the Book 5

The Form of the Book 5

derek birdsall

Dracula, blood-red prints of darkness (with dedicated typefaces)
John Morgan’s meticulous reading of Dracula, Bram Stoker’s classic and complex ‘novel’ (originally published in…

1 April 2009

These letters are so wrong

These letters are so wrong

jan middendorp

But sometimes, as Playful Type shows, ‘any old shape’ really will do
‘A typically moral and conscientious Englishman’, Eric Gill once said, finds himself inclined to think…

31 March 2009

Type, Metahaven and TDR

Type, Metahaven and TDR

the promotion department

Get your hands on a copy of Eye 71. Plus Type Week on the blog
The new issue of Eye 71 is out. And to celebrate, we are having our…

31 March 2009

The heights (and depths) of fashion

The heights (and depths) of fashion

wayne ford

Moscow’s ‘Changing Beauty’: style is in the eye of the photographer
‘Changing Beauty’ is the theme of the sixth Fashion and Style in Photography biennale, organised…
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