Feature: Illustration
Harry’s airbrush
Sidebar from ‘Captain airbrush’ by Mike Dempsey
Henrietta Condak: Mistress of Masterworks
Working in-house for CBS, this prolific art director combined illustration, lettering, typography and photography to make a significant body of design for serious music. By Elizabeth Resnick [EXTRACT]
Jacket required
A love of reading gives Jon Gray’s book
covers their edge. By Robert Hanks [EXTRACT]
Captain airbrush
Illustrator Harry Willock’s role has been overlooked, yet his work with Alan Aldridge produced scores of era-defining works. Mike Dempsey reports. Portrait by Philip Sayer.
Crowd control
Designers are making illustrated books through crowdfunding instead of traditional publishing methods. By John L. Walters
Ten projects by Jim Sutherland
A graphic designer downsizes to spend more time thinking, studying and designing without commercial studio pressures. What could possibly go right? By Simon Esterson. Portrait by Philip Sayer
Eye’s early years
Founding editor Rick Poynor recalls the aims and ideas behind the launch of an independent design magazine
Evi O. Studio: Feast between the lines
This Sydney-based studio brings high-energy illustration and lettering to editorial design for food [EXTRACT]
Letterform Archive: Objects of Inspiration
Letterform Archive is feeding the post-digital generation’s passion for physical artefacts
eL Seed: City-wide calligraffiti
This mega-mural by street artist eL Seed spans the walls of 50 buildings in a Christian Coptic community in Cairo