15 October 2009

Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha

rick poynor

The 'graphic designer's painter' delivers a London treat
Ed Ruscha is the designer’s painter, bar none, writes Rick Poynor. He studied graphic design…

14 October 2009

Soft sell

Soft sell

jessica jenkins

The cheerful, oversized, rounded fonts of caring, sharing Britain
In the early nineties I fled mean Thatcher’s Britain for Berlin, writes Jessica Jenkins. About…

13 October 2009

Just Add Stock joint winner, Music

Just Add Stock joint winner, Music

the awards department

Mat Maitland’s ‘collage warrior’ cover for Basement Jaxx
Not just content with winning Just Add Stock’s Identity category, Matt Maitland also came in…

12 October 2009

Stephen Hawking’s Universe

Stephen Hawking’s Universe

john ridpath

Jared Ficklin’s visualisation from Flash on the Beach
Audio visualisation was a hot topic at last month’s Flash on the Beach, writes John…

11 October 2009

Significant Objects

Significant Objects

nick asbury

Putting the commercial power of story-telling to the test. On eBay.
An intriguing experiment is taking place to measure the commercial power of the written word…

9 October 2009

A night at the Loeries

A night at the Loeries

sean o'toole, sean o’toole

South African creativity finds a voice at this year’s awards
‘Woop woop woop korr, korr, korr, korr…’ So goes the call of the crow-sized Knysna…

9 October 2009

‘I’ is for Ireland

‘I’ is for Ireland

Hold your fire – it’s Mr Edwards’ highly informative Crap Book
Irish ‘i’s and boys with toys in this week’s spread from Mr Edwards’ Crap Book. In…

8 October 2009

Just Add Stock joint winner, Music

Just Add Stock joint winner, Music

dan wilkinson, the awards department

Cover for Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, by Untitled
Entries for the Just Add Stock music category were strong and plentiful, leading to two…

7 October 2009

It’s an Issuu

It’s an Issuu

the marketing department

Another way to get an idea of the real, printed, physical Eye before you buy
It’s all very good having a beautifully printed magazine and an extensive archive and a…

7 October 2009

Framing the evidence of war

Framing the evidence of war

rick poynor

An ambitious hybrid combines graphic novel with photojournalism.
If a book like The Photographer already exists (cover pictured above), I have certainly never…