23 September 2010

Handmade tales

Handmade tales

john ridpath

The waste cardboard of Buenos Aires is being turned into storybooks
The Cardboard Book Project was launched in London last night – a series of ‘grown-up…

21 September 2010

Streets ahead

Streets ahead

simon esterson

Vevey’s ‘Images’ festival celebrates photography in and out of the gallery
During September, the Swiss town of Vevey has been host to ‘Images’, its second festival…

20 September 2010

Music tech mags from 1930

Music tech mags from 1930

john l. walters

New-media fundamentalists, circuit diagrams and a 22.5 lb ‘portable’
A kind neighbour dropped round with two music magazines published in June 1930: Gramophone and…

16 September 2010

Gastrotypographicalassemblage

Gastrotypographicalassemblage

jay prynne

The Designs of Lou Dorfsman celebrated at Kemistry Gallery
Kemistry Gallery is celebrating the work of legendary designer Lou Dorfsman, art director for the…

15 September 2010

Sitting still

Sitting still

the events department

Helmut Palla’s twisted, surreal chairs at Vienna Design Week
1 > 10 October is Vienna Design Week. One exhibition that has caught our eye…

14 September 2010

When Harry IM-ed Sally

When Harry IM-ed Sally

camilla grey

Camilla Grey looks at modern love in the online ether
Tweeps, friends, followers, subscribers, buddies – in this socially networked world there is seemingly no…

13 September 2010

Designing MyFry

Designing MyFry

stefanie posavec

Stefanie Posavec explains the thinking behind Stephen Fry’s new iPhone app
MyFry, an iPhone app to accompany Stephen Fry’s new autobiography The Fry Chronicles, is launched…

9 September 2010

Survivor

Survivor

rick poynor, the form of the book

Romek Marber bears witness to one of the great crimes of the past century
‘Survivor’, Rick Poynor’s latest Critique on the Eye website, is about Romek Marber’s recently published…

8 September 2010

Paint the city clean

Paint the city clean

julie fairless

Officially sanctioned street art on the thoroughfares of Bangalore
Change is written on the walls of urban India – and nowhere is this more…

7 September 2010

Restless soul

Restless soul

books received

Another side of David Lynch: film director and visual artist
David Lynch may be more famous as a film director, but he originally studied art…