Opinion
Love’s labour’s lost
The Guardian has given up on its clear and elegant film rental site, redirecting its users to the clunky Love Film interface. Critique by Rick Poynor
Dark Magus
Designer John Coulthart’s daily blog on the fantastical is erudite, prescient and admirably mind-expanding. Critique by Rick Poynor
Editorial Eye 80
Eye 80 – celebrating two decades of graphic design and change
Commitment to content
Criterion’s DVD covers show that seduction by packaging remains a fiendishly irresistible (and difficult) art. Critique by Rick Poynor
Stop sitting around and start reading
Postmodern typography sees the reader as an idler in need of short sharp shocks. But is reading really so passive a process?
Editorial Eye 79
One of the fascinating things about type is its dynamic nature. Take any era and there…
Kiki in graphic detail
Catel’s quick-fire sketches illustrate the life of the young model who became a Surrealist icon and Man Ray’s muse. Critique by Rick Poynor
French connections
Slender and serious, Back Cover is emerging as a Gallic platform for a resolutely non-American view of design