Issue 45

Opinion

Porn?
Rick Poynor
Can sexual image-making escape the stigma of porn? Critique by Rick Poynor
John L. Walters
Though Eye 45 began its life as a ‘typography special', we thought it fairer –…
Jesus Ali
A list of four ‘don’ts’ for young designers

Features

Daniel Nadel
Air-sickness bags. Collected and appreciated by Helene Silverman (as told to Dan Nadel).
Martin Soames
The normally ignored verso of the common postcard is put under the spotlight
Smartest letterer on the planet
Steven Heller
Chicago’s comic book hero has a finely tuned gift for hand-lettering
Phil Baines
The future of type design
Petra Černe Oven
A passion for classic typefaces drives Porchez’s innovative fonts
A designer and a one-man band
Rick Poynor
Cranbrook’s song and dance man goes back to college with a bang
Stuart Bailey
A perverse assembly of borrowed layouts redefines this magazine
Minos Zarifopoulos
An ‘urban facelift’ challenges the Greek city’s visual mosaic
Reputations: J. Abbott Miller
John L. Walters
'We could be more aware of the civility of design, of how it can be constructive in a poetic sense, not just like a sneeze of capitalist excess’
Deborah Burnstone
Typography meets sculpture on a windy English seafront
Jeanne Verdoux
Encounter of two giants