5 June 2023
The Panther experience
New York’s Poster House explores the graphics at the heart of the Black Power movement. Robert Newman reports
‘Black Power to Black People’ is a powerful, inspirational collection of important cultural and political work …
2 June 2023
Graphic design live #12
Type Tuesday in London; ‘Palace of Typographic Masonry’ in Breda; Guerrilla Girls in Hamburg; and Typographics online and in New York
Presenting the June edition of handpicked current and upcoming events that captured the attention of our editorial team …
22 May 2023
Patriotic rubbish
Metaphors – even unintentional ones – can deliver a powerful critique. Nigel Ball inspects the flag-strewn waste in UK streets
The flag has become a marketing tool, soon to become litter poking out of a bin …
15 May 2023
Type for survival
How
type design is helping to save Indigenous Canadian languages from
extinction. Will Novosedlik reports
English-speaking designers take it for granted that every typeface will be available in their language …
18 April 2023
Books received #53
Big Type; the nature of data; match boxes from Singapore; and posters by Niklaus Troxler
In our latest edition of books received, we look at titles featuring typographically driven graphic design…
11 April 2023
Graphic design live #11
Félix Beltrán in Madrid; contemporary book design from China in Berlin; female design in Mexico; and Emigre and Fuse typefaces in New York
Here is a selection of current and upcoming events that piqued the interest of our editorial…
4 April 2023
Variable grunge
The typewriter typeface formerly known as ‘Trixie’ gets a makeover and a new name: Neither Confirm Nor Deny (NCND). By Paul Barnes
Trixie was perfect for the age of grunge. It became a visual shorthand for typewriters, with the quality of authenticity …
6 March 2023
Books received #52
Weisbeck’s experiments; working class Covid-19 diaries; Connew’s vocabulary of colonisation; Shore’s photographic craft.
We have compiled a list of intriguing titles that have piqued our interest in recent months…
13 February 2023
Graphic design live #10
Sara De Bondt in London; Haettenschweiler in Zurich; Shaping Protest in Ulm; Polish poster and type design in California; and Extinction Rebellion in London.
Here is a selection of current and upcoming events – page to stay up to date…
6 February 2023
Covid visualisations: 2023 update
Paul Kahn reflects upon the way Covid-19 data visualisations and reporting have changed over the past three years
In 2021, when ‘The pandemic that launched a thousand visualisations’ was published in Eye 101, there were hundreds of visualisations per week