29 January 2009

Art bollocks is everywhere you look

Art bollocks is everywhere you look

david thompson

Woolly ‘artspeak’ is nothing new, but who will stem the flow?
Rummage through a few critiques, blogs and press releases about contemporary art, and you see…

27 January 2009

Barack, Marvin and John. And Miles

Barack, Marvin and John. And Miles

john l. walters

Now we have a world leader who looks like a visionary musician
Rageh Omaar, speaking on the BBC TV programme This Week, noted that it is easy…

26 January 2009

Broadsheet bounceback

Broadsheet bounceback

simon esterson

The Times redesigns its Saturday edition with some grand gestures
The Times appeared on Saturday morning (24 January 2009) in its new six-section configuration, writes…

23 January 2009

Lovely inspiration

Lovely inspiration

"tony hart", jon forss

Jon Forss’s piece about children’s TV presenter Tony Hart from Eye 57
In the Autumn of 2005 we published an ‘Inspiration’ piece by Non-Format’s Jon Forss about…

22 January 2009

Treasure trove of graphic resistance

Treasure trove of graphic resistance

noel douglas

Black Panther: Emory Douglas and the Art of Revolution
What better time to see an exhibition of work by Emory Douglas, the official artist…

20 January 2009

The Times: from paper 2 mag

The Times: from paper 2 mag

simon esterson

Thunderer prepares for a revamp by quietly reworking its second section
Life’s tough if you publish a paid-for daily newspaper, writes Simon Esterson. There are rising…

16 January 2009

Us Now documentary

Us Now documentary

kate andrews

Ivo Gormley’s film looks at the political potential of social media
When my mother signed up to Facebook, something extraordinary went through my mind, writes Kate…

15 January 2009

Design blitz at the museum

Design blitz at the museum

véronique vienne

Antoine+Manuel cram their oeuvre into the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
One goes to openings to gawk at people as much as the art, writes Véronique…

15 January 2009

DixonBaxi rebrands a TV station

DixonBaxi rebrands a TV station

the video department

Video ‘brand burst’ examples from the article in Eye no. 70
Here, thanks to the joys of embedded links, are some of the ‘brand burst’ animations…

12 January 2009

Hey, good looking!

Hey, good looking!

norman hathaway

I braved designer scorn to champion the kings of Californian airbrush
‘Who wants to read a book about airbrush?’ Even one of my artist subjects was…