28 April 2010

House of the Risograph

House of the Risograph

liz farrelly

Landfill Editions: instant art and design with repurposed technology
Meanwhile, over at the ‘Pick Me Up’ event currently rocking Somerset House, in one of…

27 April 2010

Schweizer Reize

Schweizer Reize

Swiss travel books and posters at the National Library in Bern
An exhibition of historic Swiss travel books and posters at the Swiss National Library in Bern…

25 April 2010

New Aussie anthems

New Aussie anthems

the technology department

‘And he leveraged his assets as he sat and liquidated by the billabong’
As part of a project at the Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts in Brisbane…

23 April 2010

West End girls and boys

West End girls and boys

‘Pick Me Up’ puts graphic art and illustration on the London gallery map
‘The west shall shake the east awake … while ye have the night for morn …’…

22 April 2010

Mechanical brides and grooms

Mechanical brides and grooms

Read about Fritz Kahn’s surreal pedagogical vision in the latest Eye
In ‘Machine head’, his Eye 75 feature article, Rick Poynor points out the fascination and contradiction…

20 April 2010

Street art for the suburbs

Street art for the suburbs

john ridpath

Black Rat gallery’s ‘Now’s the Time’ to open with Fairey, Banksy, Swoon, etc.
Despite decades of critical and mainstream acceptance, street art still occupies an uneasy place in…

19 April 2010

Formats for books

Formats for books

jane cheng

Robin Kinross’s Hyphen Press and design publishing
The uncut booklet that accompanies Hyphen Press’s ‘Formats for books’ exhibition in Birmingham asks for…

17 April 2010

House of the rising sun

House of the rising sun

Manifesto design and the colourful visual codes of British party politics
Britain is still rubbing its eyes in amazement since the telectorate voted Nick Clegg the next…

16 April 2010

Cool for (copy) cats?

Cool for (copy) cats?

sally jeffery

Similarities: from plagiarisation and rip-offs … to homage and inspiration
This seemingly effortless poster by Abram Games, along with its ham-fisted imitator, is one of…

15 April 2010

Athens snapshots: MNP

Athens snapshots: MNP

athens snapshots, john ridpath

‘Greek design is everywhere … even in multi-photocopied civil service forms’
In this week’s snapshot, Eye catches up with a studio who have designed for some…
 
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