8 January 2011

Ice sights and sounds

Ice sights and sounds

john l. walters

Instruments sculpted out of frozen water from ancient lakes
On the River Terrace by London’s Somerset House there’s a glowing ‘geodesic igloo’ (below) –…

7 January 2011

Darkness in Shoreditch

Darkness in Shoreditch

alexander ecob

Power cut brings a new slant to ‘taking the lights down’ on Twelfth Night’
I pen this (literally) from my own personal pool of ghostly light writes Alexander Ecob…

4 January 2011

Boudewijn Ietswaart, 1936-2010

Boudewijn Ietswaart, 1936-2010

feike de jong, jan middendorp

A Dutch designer rediscovered and now remembered for his letterforms
Just before Christmas, Dutch designer and illustrator Boudewijn Ietswaart passed away at his home in…

31 December 2010

Double vision

Double vision

The Stone Twins come clean about their obsessions with a sticker book
They may be celebrating their 40th birthday, but the Stone Twins show no sign of growing…

30 December 2010

Art and dodging

Art and dodging

UK dismay at spending cuts and tax avoidance finds a graphic outlet
What with student protests, tax cuts and the unions threatening mass strikes, 2010 ends with revolution…

23 December 2010

Calling cards

Calling cards

books received

How 76 graphic designers have art-directed their own identities
Logos, business cards, letterheads, brochures, websites, packaging: designers spend a lot of time creating other…

22 December 2010

Celia Frances Stothard 1949-2010

Celia Frances Stothard 1949-2010

Saying goodbye to Alan Kitching’s longtime partner in printing
Celia Stothard died on 8 December. We will miss her. Our condolences to Alan Kitching…

20 December 2010

Locally sourced

Locally sourced

hamish thompson

Rob Roy Kelly’s influential American Wood Type is back in circulation
The legendary Rob Roy Kelly was one of a kind, a larger than life character…

20 December 2010

Re-activating the LP

Re-activating the LP

the music department

Flick through virtual vinyl; Big Active tackles Mark Ronson’s iTunes album
In ‘Make music visible’, in Eye 76, the music design special issue, we spoke to…

17 December 2010

Escape from nostalgia

Escape from nostalgia

alexander ecob

Letterpress methods and the struggle between progress and pastiche
As Christmas draws closer, many of us can look forward to receiving wonderful gifts which…
 
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