29 November 2011

Murder most typographical

Murder most typographical

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Edward McKnight Kauffer’s titles for Hitchcock’s silent thriller The Lodger
For all the critical attention Edward McKnight Kauffer attracts (including our preview and review of…

28 November 2011

Working for peanuts

Working for peanuts

john ridpath

50/50’s apples turn a parasitic financial model on its head. For good
Early this summer, digital agency Made by Many and Good for Nothing hosted a hack…

25 November 2011

Tinkering with the form

Tinkering with the form

alex cameron

Do you want a movie poster or a ‘designer poster’?
September 2011 saw the release of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, a star-studded British film based…

24 November 2011

Art in your pocket?

Art in your pocket?

john l. walters

Anthony Caro and Tom Phillips design gold and silver coins for the Olympics.
‘Coin design is not graphic design,’ said Christopher Frayling. ‘It’s relief sculpture … it’s art…

22 November 2011

Bright Idées

Bright Idées

rick poynor

Rick Poynor is dazzled by Henry Cohen’s photographic book covers
I was browsing in a book market in Nice this summer when I encountered Henry…

22 November 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Promo or primer? Nokia’s pure approach to a type specimen
Nokia Pure – the new corporate typeface designed by Bruno Maag (below) for the Finnish…

21 November 2011

Noted #20

Noted #20

noted

Rian Hughes, CSA, SHOP mag, Back to the Future and a V&A Late with Eye
Here are some links to sites that grabbed our attention and a few forthcoming events…

18 November 2011

Up and down the City Road

Up and down the City Road

angus hyland, eye editors, marion deuchars

Pentagram’s Angus Hyland, Marion Deuchars and a tale of two clients
At this year’s AGI Open (see ‘Who’s who’ on the Eye blog), designer Angus Hyland…

16 November 2011

The past is a foreign domain

The past is a foreign domain

john ridpath

Digital Archaeology remembers Antirom, Noodlebox, Word.com, etc.
Internet Week Europe (7–11 November 2011) was, as one might expect, obsessed with the future…

15 November 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Monotype Grotesque, guest typeface in the new issue of Eye
Every new issue of Eye (since the redesign of Summer 2009) features different ‘guest’ typefaces…
 
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