13 July 2010

Back to front

Back to front

michael salu

Why I went to St Bride Library to make Granta’s latest cover
For me St Bride Library has long been an place of fascination and wonder, writes…

12 July 2010

Wake up Brazil!

Wake up Brazil!

flavia sanches, tyler johnson

Brazilian designers discuss the perils of following trends
GOT MERZ was an attempt to send a wake up call to Brazil, an attempt…

9 July 2010

Graphic birdwatching

Graphic birdwatching

chloë king

70 per cent of design students are female … but where do they go to?
There’s no need to hide writes Chloë King, but statistics show that’s what women designers…

9 July 2010

Bees, maths and printing

Bees, maths and printing

sally jeffery

Numbers take centre stage at Minnesota Center for Book Arts
The film about the Hamilton wood type foundry in Wisconsin reviewed on the Eye blog…

7 July 2010

Here’s looking at you

Here’s looking at you

kerry william purcell

‘Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera’ at Tate Modern until 3 Oct
There’s a moral blind spot at the heart of photography, writes Kerry William Purcell. It…

6 July 2010

Graphic love for ‘Labels’

Graphic love for ‘Labels’

john ridpath, the awards department

International winners announced in ‘Ten Images for Ithaca’ 2010
The winners of this year’s Ten Images for Ithaca Competition have been announced. The theme…

5 July 2010

Design MAs: is a year enough?

Design MAs: is a year enough?

jane cheng

Balancing independence, curriculum, employability and time for reflection
As continental schools adapt to the bachelor-master system and the competition for (and among) students…

2 July 2010

Smash hits and ink

Smash hits and ink

john l. walters

Last call for the ‘Ray Lowry: London Calling’ exhibition in East London
Last night’s ‘London Calling’ auction raised around £18,000 for the Ray Lowry foundation. And there…

1 July 2010

Sports, health stats and comic relief

Sports, health stats and comic relief

marianne waller

EDO event explored new possibilities for publishers and editorial designers
Last night was the EDO’s iPad app night at London’s St Bride Library, writes Marianne…

30 June 2010

Foundry occupation

Foundry occupation

john ridpath

Squatters resist plans to demolish artspace and turn it into a hotel
Back in April, Eye attended the preview of Black Rat gallery’s ‘Now’s The Time’ at…