23 April 2009

Too good to keep

Too good to keep

the post room

Your chance to win some swag from the Eye postbag
Whether it’s prestigious magazines or calligraphic envelopes, all kinds of amazing (and sometimes baffling) stuff…

22 April 2009

Golden age of type blogs 3

Golden age of type blogs 3

the type department

Online resources from type foundries and retailers, etc. . .
Another bloody list. How type sellers [thanks Stephen!] keep in touch with their fans, customers…

21 April 2009

Think positive, add passion

Think positive, add passion

mike radcliffe

Despatches from the frontline of designer recruitment
We’re picking up, it’s getting busier, exclaims Mike Radcliffe. April is bright, filled with hope…

20 April 2009

Rue Britanica

Rue Britanica

john l. walters

Typeface name changes after Eye magazine goes to press
It’s the moment every journalist and editor dreads. You decide to write an article, writes…

17 April 2009

David Hillman

David Hillman

simon esterson

Gems from a master of magazine and newspaper art direction
There has been a lot of talk about golden ages on the Eye blog recently…

17 April 2009

Revival! preview

Revival! preview

the type department

Speed-dating, craft, obsessive photography and The DFC
Revival!: Eighth Annual Friends of St Bride Library Conference St Bride Library, London, 23 and…

16 April 2009

‘Cindy Sherman’ in Mayfair

‘Cindy Sherman’ in Mayfair

wayne ford

Portraits of the artist as a wealthy American matron
Over the past 30 years Cindy Sherman has developed an intimate relationship with her camera…

16 April 2009

Golden age of type blogs 2

Golden age of type blogs 2

the type department

Ten more to argue about in those precious spare moments
Many of you have already told us what you thought about our choice of the…

14 April 2009

Drawn to be wilder

Drawn to be wilder

rian hughes

Rian Hughes explores magazine hand-lettering in the latest issue of Eye
Custom type was not an occasional indulgent art in the pre-digital dark ages, it was…

14 April 2009

Golden age of type blogs?

Golden age of type blogs?

the type department

A whistle-stop tour through the top ten typographic weblogs
Here, at last, is our Easter week type special: the top ten type blogs, chosen…