13 December 2010

Not the high street

Not the high street

liz farrelly, the shopping department

More graphic pop-up shopping on the south coast of Britain
Pop-up shops blossom at this time of year. It is, after all, retail’s most lucrative…

9 December 2010

Lavina

Lavina

jane cheng

Alpine avalanches: adrenaline, artifice and abstraction by Yann Gross
Lavina [Avalanches], by Swiss photographer Yann Gross, falls neatly between genres: part document, part pun…

8 December 2010

Take (imaginary) cover

Take (imaginary) cover

liz farrelly

Book design fans shelter from the snow at StolenSpace’s ‘Never judge …’ show
Despite the snowy weather, London’s art and design fans came out in force last Thursday…

7 December 2010

Be animated. Smile!

Be animated. Smile!

alex stevens, jo kotas

Let’s turn London Underground’s screens into a digital playground
Smile for London aims to raise the spirits of London underground commuters through a series…

6 December 2010

Past Christmas presents

Past Christmas presents

john ridpath, the events department

Festive department store posters from the 1920s and 30s
Department store Heal’s have started this year’s festive season with a call for customers to…

3 December 2010

Pop shop

Pop shop

the shopping department

Head to Brighton for some graphic treats in the run up to Christmas
On 3 December Pay & Display, a pop-up gallery in Brighton, will open its doors…

2 December 2010

Horse play

Horse play

john ridpath

Eadweard Muybridge’s miscellaneous acts of captured motion
In ‘Adventures in Motion Graphics’ in Eye 77, we explored how time-based picture taking (in…

1 December 2010

Popshot’s illustrated poetry

Popshot’s illustrated poetry

the magazine department

‘We want to be the first result in Google when people type in “brilliant”’
Popshot Magazine is a bi-annual publication that brings together poetry and illustration with an eye…

30 November 2010

Deal with it!

Deal with it!

gill hicks

Design a face for M.A.D.’s student playing card competition
‘Playing for Peace’ – one of our Peace by Design projects – has evolved as…

29 November 2010

Rattle, clatter and forme

Rattle, clatter and forme

sally jeffery

‘Forward Thinking’ told letterpress designer-printers to stay honest
A roomful of handy-looking individuals gathered at St Bride Library for the ‘Forward Thinking’ letterpress…