Opinion
Rick Poynor
This collection of short COI films is full of fascinating details, but short on context. Critique by Rick Poynor
Editorial,
the editor, John L. Walters
Introducing Eye’s first-ever music design special …
Features
Matthew Carter
Matthew Carter, co-founder of the first major digital foundry, explains how he came to design his first wood type
John L. Walters, the editor
Given the visceral feelings stirred by music, it’s time we found new, meaningful associations between music and design.
Noel Douglas
Technology on tour. Noel Douglas talks to UVA’s Matt Clark about their sets for Massive Attack
Peter Quantrill, Mike Dempsey, Philip Sheppard
Design meets serious music: long programme notes, small budgets and ‘de-averaging’
John L. Walters
Gerard Saint’s Big Active is on a mission to turn music into something tangible through art direction and design.
Adrian Shaughnessy
Manfred Eicher’s uncompromising artistic vision has always defined the look and feel of ECM.
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Eric Heiman
Fragmentation in the music industry has aided the rise of rock posters – personal, ‘unbranded’, cool – sold directly to fans.
Jane Cheng
‘Musicians are cooler than normal people, even if they’re flakey and poor!’ – Chattanooga’s Young Monster
Steven Heller
‘I got this idea that the way they were selling these albums was ridiculous. The covers were just brown, tan or green paper. I said, “Who the hell’s going to buy this stuff? There’s no push to it. There’s no attractiveness. There’s no sales appeal.” So I told them I’d like to start designing covers.’
Vaughan Oliver
This Pixies box set was a chance to make brand new artwork with a student team from UCA
Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones create an identity for James Lavelle’s ‘faceless’ project
Kate Moross
Kate Moross, whirlwind force behind vinyl-only label Isomorph, explains their mission to ‘make music look good’
John L. Walters
Professor Dan Fern explains his pioneering ‘MAP / making’ course at the Royal College of Art, London.
John L. Walters
Graphic design’s recent concerns have for decades been at the heart of Laurie Anderson’s practice
Fred Deakin
The scene creates the style, and sleeves tell us what their contents sound like, but what next?
Andrew Losowsky
The layout and art direction of music magazines reflect and champion a wide spectrum of tastes and genres.