Feature
Visual aids
Poster campaigns have an important role to play in AIDS health education. But what makes an effective poster? Eye analyses international approaches and looks at the work of the New York activist group Gran Fury.
One from the heart
Four years ago, Rick Valicenti said goodbye to his corporate clients and set out to reinvent himself. Now his company, Thirst, makes art with a function.
Commercial Surrealist
Are the pictures of Dallas photographer Geof Kern postmodern retro or authentic art?
The meaning of money
Bank notes change hands without so much as a second glace – a daily act of faith that says much about our belief in their value. Yet these intricate artefacts are complex carriers of meaning. What makes a banknote look like a banknote and how does the global graphic language of money communicate its message?
Russell Mills: Material and metaphor
Russell Mills was the original punk illustrator. Now he makes images of delicate abstraction.
After the wall
Unlimited horizons? East Berlin design group Grappa come to terms with the new Germany
Reputations: Barbara Kruger
‘I’m someone who works with pictures and words, and people can take that to mean anything they like.’ Eye talks to the American magazine designer turned media artist who uses the tools of advertising and graphic design to confront and question her audience