29 March 2010

Visual ping-pong

Visual ping-pong

john ridpath

Designers in London and Berlin have started a creative conversation.
It’s good to talk, and this year’s Art Of Conversation has started up a unique…

26 March 2010

Pick Me Up at Somerset House

Pick Me Up at Somerset House

claire catterall

Curator Claire Catterall introduces the UK’s first graphic arts fair
I’ve never been one for the more traditional, ‘museumy’ kind of exhibition, writes Claire Catterall…

25 March 2010

Ghostly amphibians

Ghostly amphibians

sally jeffery

Deviant toads and art-science collisions in London
Some tiny, jewel-like translucent toadlets are making a brief appearance at the Royal Institution, in…

24 March 2010

Green USP?

Green USP?

lynne ciochetto

Greenwashing and design in the age of ethical consumption
In the contemporary era of heightened green awareness and ‘ethical consumption’, major companies have quickly…

23 March 2010

Eye 75, a typography special

Eye 75, a typography special

Lettering as illustration, calligraphy, type on the Web and much more
The latest issue of Eye has been printed and bound and is now on its way…

18 March 2010

Athens snapshots: Indyvisuals

Athens snapshots: Indyvisuals

athens snapshots, john ridpath

‘Athens is old, new, busy, noisy, & politically & economically imbalanced’
Next up in our virtual tour of Athenian design is collective Indyvisuals, writes John Ridpath…

17 March 2010

Think ink

Think ink

the production department

Special colour for calligraffiti on front of Eye 75, our typography special
The cover of Eye 75, out very soon, uses a special colour, a fluorescent Pantone…

16 March 2010

Are you sitting comfortably?

Are you sitting comfortably?

sally jeffery

70 different ways to get children toSit Down at the Museum of Childhood
Left to themselves, children settling down with a book will almost always drape, wedge, lean…

15 March 2010

Comfort zone

Comfort zone

Do these pictures of abandoned sofas bring calm to urban chaos?
I started photographing abandoned sofas a few years ago, writes Christine Donnier-Valentin. The sofa is an…

12 March 2010

Athens snapshots: pi6

Athens snapshots: pi6

athens snapshots, john ridpath

‘Chaos can be very inspiring - Athens is like work in progress’
After a whistle-stop tour of Athens at this year’s Design Walk, Eye decided to catch…