3 February 2010

Text without type

Text without type

john l. walters

Building Sound: can a website work with just speech, space and colour?
Here’s an interesting sound-based concept – a website that has no type or lettering whatsoever…

2 February 2010

Art for aid

Art for aid

How artists and designers can help the Haiti relief effort with their work
To Haiti with love is a new initiative hoping to raise money to help the situation…

1 February 2010

Action stations

Action stations

the events department

Jonathan Miller explores the analysis and representation of movement
The current Estorick exhibition ‘On the Move: Visualising Action’ is not an art or photography…

29 January 2010

‘XYZ’

‘XYZ’

mr edwards

From x-ray spex to zither, the crapbook reaches an end.
It’s the end of the alphabet, and the end of Mr Edward’s crapbook. But before…

28 January 2010

Serious about design?

Serious about design?

gareth lofthouse

The challenges of designing for a declining market in classical music
Tomorrow’s ‘Design for music’ day at St Bride library includes a panel about design for…

27 January 2010

Ditto – hard copy

Ditto – hard copy

‘I’d rather reach 100 people who care than 20,000 who don’t give a sh*t’
Some still prefer print, writes Chloë King, but is it sensible to start a small press…

26 January 2010

Berlin snapshots: Florencia Young

Berlin snapshots: Florencia Young

berlin snapshots, john ridpath

‘Berlin is a magnet, attracting artists from around the world’
Continuing our series of ‘Berlin snapshots’, Argentinian-born designer Florencia Young talks to Eye about her…

25 January 2010

Info design before designers

Info design before designers

simon esterson, the type department

Could today’s professionals learn a thing or two from the Victorians?
Paul Stiff and his colleagues at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the…

22 January 2010

Fighting ‘W’

Fighting ‘W’

Mr Edwards wrestles his way to the end of another week
A double whammy from Mr Edwards as we reach the penultimate spreads of his Crap Book…

21 January 2010

Magnificent obsessions

Magnificent obsessions

john ridpath, the events department

Gearing up for St Bride Library’s ‘Design for music’ day on 29 Jan
Here at Eye we’re getting excited about ‘Design for music / Music and design’, a…