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Archiving the archiveIssue 106, Summer 2024
Feature

                                            When the Type Archive left its London premises, its vast collection was disbanded and its working Monotype hot-metal plant moved to the National Collections Centre. Two long-serving volunteers talk to Eye about the challenges they faced and how the history of the Archive is now being preserved. Photographs by Philip Sayer [EXTRACT]            
Reputations: Sharp Type, Chantra Malee and Lucas SharpIssue 106, Summer 2024
Feature

                                            Lucas Sharp: ‘The
only thing keeping me excited about being in this industry, and doing this
work, is the stuff I have yet to draw.’
Chantra
Malee: ‘We could have
sold the entire foundry but ... what are we
supposed to do for the rest of our lives?’ 
[EXTRACT]            
Artificial idiot: Puzzling answers to nonexistent questionsIssue 105, Autumn 2023
Feature

                                            Jonathan Hoefler experiments with AI to create what he calls ‘Apocryphal Inventions’. By Marian Bantjes / Eye Editors            
Artificial idiot: Deep fake, pink fakeIssue 105, Autumn 2023
Feature

                                            Pum Lefebure’s Design Army made AI ‘space tourism’ landscapes for an adventurous client. By Marian Bantjes / Eye Editors             
Anatomy of a magazineIssue 96, Spring 2018
Feature

                                            
	Each magazine is unique. Happily, magazines are all alike, too. Here we analyse some of the elements that most mags have in common … the things that make them essentially ‘magazine-like’            
Mightier than the pen: systems of typeIssue 94, Summer 2017
Feature

                                    
London LettersIssue 91, Spring 2016
Feature

                                            
	Philip Sayer photographs lettering on the streets of London in this alphabetical compendium            
Out of the shallowsIssue 86, Autumn 2013
Review

                                                This photograph of a deliriously colourful 1969 swimming pool designed by Verner Panton for the…                        
Type specificIssue 86, Autumn 2013
Feature

                                            
	TDC hails the wider world of empathetic wine labels, typographic IDs and retro stationery            
Virtual city: sidebar 3Issue 34, Winter 1999
Feature

                                            
	Global language            
A Monotype timelineIssue 84, Autumn 2012
Feature

                                            
	A selected, chronological list of notable events in the long, complex history of Monotype            
Deep in the Monotype archiveIssue 84, Autumn 2012
Feature

                                            A wide selection of Monotype’s drawings, artworks, publications and vintage photographs spread across a 40-page feature.            
Machine and manIssue 84, Autumn 2012
Feature

                                            
	Art, science and hot metal casting.
	Photo essay by Phil Sayer            
A nose for typeIssue 77, Autumn 2010
Feature

                                            A new publisher of ‘visual writing’ launches with this typographic reboot of an eighteenth-century classic.            
Adventures in motion pictures. Neil McIntoshIssue 77, Autumn 2010
Feature

                                            ‘You can’t scan-read a five-minute film.’ Interview with Neil McIntosh, editor of Wall Street Journal Online Europe            
A HumumentIssue 18, Autumn 1995
Feature

                                            
	Tom Phillips’s treated novel is a key text in the short history of deconstruction and experimental print.            
KexIssue 21, Summer 1996
Feature

                                            
	Eduardo Paolozzi’s collage ‘novel’ Kex, made in 1966, has renewed resonance in the 1990s            
Daily MirrorIssue 14, Autumn 1994
Feature

                                            In the hands of Dieter Rot, the British newspaper was transformed into a striking artist’s book            
Just Add StockIssue 73, Autumn 2009
Feature

                                            
	The first Eye awards for the creative use of library images.            
Just add stockOpinion

                                            Library images can be a rich resource for powerful and creative design, celebrated in Eye’s new award scheme.            
Urgent imagesIssue 15, Winter 1994
Review
Is there a more unstable and ephemeral medium for creative communication than thermal fax paper?
Lift and SeparateIssue 9, Summer 1993
Review

                                                Before she left her position as curator of the Herb Lubalin Study Center, New York…                        
LetterworkIssue 9, Summer 1993
Review

                                                Latest addition to the swelling library of typography titles is Letterwork: Creative Letterforms in Graphic…                        
Russian Avant-Garde BooksIssue 9, Summer 1993
Review

                                                For anyone interested in the history of the book, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34 by Susan…                        
Godard: Images, Sounds, Politics.Issue 9, Summer 1993
Feature

                                            For the first in a new series, Eye revisits Richard Hollis’s innovatory design for a book on the French film-maker            
Oil and waterIssue 5, Winter 1991
Feature

                                            
	Two Dutch books take the form of elegant visual essays on liquid themes.            
David Stone MartinIssue 4, Summer 1991
Review

                                                Jazz Graphics by Manek Daver (Graphic-Sha, £27.50) is an encyclopaedic compendium of album covers designed…                        

Blog posts by Eye editors

Graphic design live #23

29 January 2026

A selection of current and upcoming graphic design and visual culture events worth noting …

Books received #62

9 January 2026
Design history, Graphic design, Music design, Reviews, Visual culture

Greensleeves, The Outdoor Archive, On the Edges of Graphic Design from A—Z, Making Modern Design in Japan, 1928–1930, A Sign Is, Turning Revolt into Style

Here are half a dozen interesting books that landed on Eye’s desks and plan chests in recent months …

Graphic design live #22

8 October 2025
Design education, Typography, Events and exhibitions

Futuress Pressing Issues online, ‘Doing the Work’ at St Bride, Young Graphic Design Switzerland!, Typography Theory Practice, Systém Rathouský Metro, Blitz Kids at the Design Museum

Read the Eye Events page to hear about exhibitions, conferences, workshops and talks … and mark your diaries for the next Type Tuesday on 25 November

Type Tuesday: My favourite logo

3 October 2025
Design history, Type Tuesday, Events and exhibitions

Eight designers gathered together at St Bride Library to share their knowledge and opinions about logo design

Last week audiences packed into St Bride Library for our sold-out Type Tuesday, ‘My favourite…

Graphic matters during wartime

22 September 2025
Graphic design, Illustration, Events and exhibitions

Despite Russian drone and missile attacks, the third FEED festival went ahead in Kyiv

Despite many challenges, Kyiv’s first big international festival of design and illustration went ahead without serious disruption.

Graphic design live #21

9 September 2025
Graphic design, Posters, Events and exhibitions

Between Books, Type Tuesday, Pontus Hultén in Paris, Novo Typo Offgrid, Cyan and Karel Martens: Unbound

Read the Eye Events page to stay up to date with exhibitions, conferences, talks and workshops … and book for Type Tuesday

Books received #61

18 August 2025

Designed for Success, Floppy Disk Fever, Schriften, Lettering, Écritures and Propagandopolis

Four design publications that cover two kinds of discs, a legendary lettering manual and historical propaganda worldwide …

Graphic design live #20

9 May 2025
Graphic design, Illustration, New media, Type Tuesday, Typography

Type Tuesday, Barbara Kruger in Barcelona, Typographics Conference, Paulo de Cantos in Japan, Tirzah Garwood and Electric Dreams

Read the Eye Events page to stay up to date with exhibitions, conferences, talks and workshops … and book for Type Tuesday

Graphic design live #19

4 March 2025

Anette Lenz at L’Onde Théâtre; With a Bird and Typography Conference in the Netherlands; Splash!; and Outlaws in London; Women’s Rights Posters in Milwaukee

The team at Eye has curated a selection of current and upcoming events worth noting …

The real thing

10 February 2025
Posters, Technology, Events and exhibitions

For three days only – a London exhibition of Dafi Kühne’s extraordinary posters

The venue for ‘The real thing’ is 12 Bride Lane. All posters are for sale and admission is free.

94: 8000 one-offs

16 December 2024
Awards madness, Graphic design, Technology

Watch the award-winning short film about Eye 94

You can now watch 94: 8000 one-offs, the award-winning, fifteen-minute film about Eye 94 on Vimeo

Books received #59 (catalogues)

19 November 2024
Reviews

Three catalogues: 100 Beste Plakate 2022, 28th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw and Paula Scher: Type is Image

This ‘books received’ focuses on a trio of graphic design catalogues.

Books received #58

25 September 2024
Book design, Graphic design, Posters, Reviews

Four titles: Znak. from Ukraine; Darren Leader's Logo Rewind; Present Tense: Wahine Toi Aotearoa from New Zealand; and Unidentified Paper Object No.3

The history and visual language of trademarks; an activist approach to underrepresented voices; and the work of Marion Bataille.

All the fun of the Conclave

11 September 2024
Design education, Events and exhibitions

A heady mix of design talent is due to swamp the St Bride Foundation stage on Saturday 28 September in ‘Outside the Lines’

‘Outside the Lines’, the St Bride Foundation Design Conclave 2024, takes place on Saturday 28 September.

Graphic design live #16

24 May 2024
Graphic design, Events and exhibitions

New exhibition by Onomatopee in Eindhoven; ‘Collection Insights’ at Museum für Gestaltung; The Vinyl Factory in London; Typographics 2024 in NYC; and ‘Now You See Us’ at Tate Britain

Current and upcoming events that have piqued our interest: exhibitions, conferences, talks and workshops …

BIG in Milan

22 May 2024
Awards madness, Critical path, Design education, Design history, Graphic design, Illustration, Magazines, Music design, Events and exhibitions

The first Biennale Internazionale Grafica takes place from 23-26 May 2024

The Biennale Internazionale Grafica (BIG) opens this week, with four days of exhibitions, talks, etc. across Milan.

Birmingham Design Festival 2024

9 May 2024
Design education, Graphic design, Illustration, Typography, Events and exhibitions, Motion graphics

Get ready for BDF 2024 (6-8 June) as the annual event focuses on ‘Process’ in graphic, digital and product design plus illustration

We are looking forward to Birmingham Design Festival next month, which Eye is supporting as a media sponsor.

Books received #57

8 April 2024

Three titles: Smetnje u prijemu slike from Croatia; Charlene Prempeh’s Now You See Me!; and New Rules Next Week: Corita Kent’s Legacy through the Eyes of Twenty Artists and Writers

In the latest ‘books received’ post Eye takes a brief look at three titles: a…

Graphic design live #15

27 February 2024
Graphic design, Events and exhibitions

Paula Scher in Munich; Type Tuesday with Astrid Stavro and Luca Pitoni; Ellen Lupton in New York and online; Futuress and Brand New Life in Basel; UVA and Barbara Kruger in London.

Current and upcoming events that have piqued our interest: exhibitions, conferences, talks and workshops …

Books received #56 (magazines)

13 February 2024
Magazines, Typography

Magazines with book-like qualities: Notebook, Somesuch Stories, Print Control and Backstage Stories

An overview of four striking indie mags: Notebook, Somesuch Stories, Print Control and Backstage Stories …

Women in the room

31 December 2023
Awards madness, Critical path, Design education, Design history, Graphic design

The fifth edition of the AIAP Women in Design Awards (AWDA) brought together exemplary work from around the world.

Books received #55

1 December 2023
Book design

Christian Marclay catalogue; concrete poetry anthology; and 50 years of ISTD’s TypoGraphic

Three books about visual culture and typography that crossed Eye’s desks in recent months

Graphic design live #14

29 August 2023
Graphic design, Posters, Type Tuesday, Visual culture, Events and exhibitions

John Warwicker in Tokyo and Kyoto; Eastern European Design in Warsaw; Hipgnosis and Christopher Wilson in London; and failed posters of environmental crisis.

With summer coming to a close, Eye presents a selection of current and upcoming events worth noting in your calendars …

Books received #54

21 August 2023
Book design, Graphic design, Reviews, Typography

Beer mats design; ‘how-to’ create interactive digital spaces; and Japanese-German cultural exchange project.

In the latest embodiment of our ‘books received’ series, Eye looks at three different titles on graphic design and visual culture.

Graphic design live #13

4 July 2023
Design history, Graphic design, Magazines, Posters, Events and exhibitions

magCulture in New York; Hipgnosis documentary (UK and online); contemporary Iranian posters in Zurich; and Mexican blackletter online.

Listed below are some current and upcoming events that have caught the attention of our editorial team this month. …

Graphic design live #12

2 June 2023
Book design, Graphic design, Type Tuesday, Typography, Events and exhibitions

Type Tuesday in London; ‘Palace of Typographic Masonry’ in Breda; Guerrilla Girls in Hamburg; and Typographics online and in New York

Presenting the June edition of handpicked current and upcoming events that captured the attention of our editorial team …

Books received #53

18 April 2023
Book design, Design education, Graphic design, Information design, Posters, Typography

Big Type; the nature of data; match boxes from Singapore; and posters by Niklaus Troxler

In our latest edition of books received, we look at titles featuring typographically driven graphic design…

Graphic design live #11

11 April 2023
Graphic design, Visual culture, Events and exhibitions

Félix Beltrán in Madrid; contemporary book design from China in Berlin; female design in Mexico; and Emigre and Fuse typefaces in New York

Here is a selection of current and upcoming events that piqued the interest of our editorial…

Books received #52

6 March 2023
Book design, Graphic design, Photography, Visual culture

Weisbeck’s experiments; working class Covid-19 diaries; Connew’s vocabulary of colonisation; Shore’s photographic craft.

We have compiled a list of intriguing titles that have piqued our interest in recent months…

Graphic design live #10

13 February 2023
Design history, Graphic design, Type Tuesday, Events and exhibitions

Sara De Bondt in London; Haettenschweiler in Zurich; Shaping Protest in Ulm; Polish poster and type design in California; and Extinction Rebellion in London.

Here is a selection of current and upcoming events – page to stay up to date…

Books received #51

23 January 2023
Book design, Graphic design, Reviews

En-suites by the seaside; floating letters in Brazil; Harlow front porches; and Parisian type

Four books that caught our attention: on seaside en-suites, floating letters in Brazil, Harlow front porches and Parisian type.

Graphic design live #9

15 January 2023
Design history, Graphic design, Illustration, Posters, Visual culture, Events and exhibitions

Adana in London; Marclay in Paris; revolutionary graphics from Mexico and Germany in Los Angeles; and label art from Ireland in Dublin

Here are some January 2023 events highlights for your diaries. To stay up to date with…

Books received #50

24 December 2022
Book design, Reviews

The Most Beautiful Swiss Books; Topaff; AIAP Women in Design Award; and 10x1 54 (Contemporary African Art Fair)

To round up 2022, here are four reviews of award / anniversary books that caught Eye’s attention this year.

Graphic design live #8

4 December 2022
Design history, Events and exhibitions, Motion graphics

W. E. B. Du Bois in New York, Piotr Szyhalski in Minneapolis, Dieter Roth in Iceland and motion graphics in Shenzhen

As we head towards the end of the year and into the holiday season, here’s a list of talks and exhibitions this December.

Join us for ‘Stories worth telling’

28 November 2022
Type Tuesday, Events and exhibitions

Buy your tickets for Type Tuesday on 6 December – with Jim Sutherland, Jahnavi Inniss and Richard Ardagh – and help raise money for St Bride

An evening with Jim Sutherland (Studio Sutherl&), Jahnavi Inniss and Richard Ardagh from New North Press ...

Books received #49

26 October 2022
Book design, Graphic design, Illustration, Events and exhibitions

Marylou Faure; Karel Martens in space; Olimpia Zagnoli; and HELL: The People and Places by Chwast and Heller

It has been a while since we posted a handful of book releases. This month’s eclectic…

Movers and shakers

6 October 2022
Graphic design, Typography, Motion graphics

Watch as DEMO takes over a multitude of Dutch public screens on Thursday 6 October

The second annual DEMO festival takes over 5000-plus screens on Dutch streets ...

Graphic design live #6

3 October 2022
Graphic design, Events and exhibitions, Motion graphics

David King in London; Weltformat in Switzerland; Jeremy Deller in Barnsley; spy fever in New York; and experimental type online

Here is a selection of current and upcoming events that piqued the interest of our editorial team.

Analogue survivors

20 September 2022
Graphic design, Information design, Technology, Typography, Events and exhibitions

Bob Richardson’s collection of BBC-related ephemera at St Bride is a must-see

‘A Kingdom of Cardboard’, which runs until 6 January 2023 at St Bride Library, is an…

Graphic design live #5

7 September 2022
Design education, Design history, Graphic design, Illustration, Posters, Visual culture, Events and exhibitions

Air-India’s Maharaja in New York; Otl Aicher in Zurich; AGI Open in Trieste; BBC’s ‘Kingdom of Cardboard’ in London

Here are details of four of the many international events taking place during September 2022 …

How green is graphic design?

23 August 2022
Graphic design, Magazines, Technology, Type Tuesday, Events and exhibitions

Experts from the world of print, paper and graphic design discuss sustainability and print on Tuesday 6 September 2022

Join Pureprint’s Richard Owers, Jon Hill (Tortoise), Fedrigoni’s Annette Clayton and Eye’s Simon Esterson and guests to discuss doing the sustainable thing …

Graphic design live #4

8 August 2022
Design history, Technology, Typography, Events and exhibitions

Ghost signs tour in London; Spanish fruit brands in Valencia; Gilles de Brock in Chaumont; Federico Fellini in Zurich

In August, we are heading to London, Valencia, Chaumont and Zurich for a series of design-related events …

Sparks of inspiration

2 August 2022
Brand madness, Design education, Graphic design, Technology, Events and exhibitions

A new software package enables designers to render computer algorithms in print – embracing creative randomness and chance

HP Spark is a new printing process with software that gives designers the ability to bring creative coding into their print work …

Graphic design live #3

5 July 2022
Design education, Design history, Graphic design, Photography, Typography, Events and exhibitions

Breaking the News in London; typewriters in Edinburgh; typographic protests in San Francisco; 23rd International Exhibition in Milan; Graphic Trial in Tokyo; Type Paris

Here is a selection of current and upcoming events worth noting in your graphic design calendar.

Graphic design live #2

7 June 2022
Design history, Photography, Type Tuesday, Typography, Events and exhibitions

Susan Kare in Lyon; Josep Renau in Valencia; Type Tuesday; Typographics 2022 in NYC; Birmingham Design Festival; Iwan Baan and Francis Kéré in London

Here is a selection of current and upcoming events worth noting in your design calendar.

Books received no. 48

23 March 2022
Book design, Design education, Typography

Manuale di Calligrafia; Sign Painting: a practical guide to tools, materials, and techniques; and The Showcards Book

Here are few books on calligraphy and sign painting that caught our attention …

Graphic design live #1

26 October 2021
Design education, Design history, Graphic design, Magazines, Posters, Typography, Visual culture, Events and exhibitions

Beautiful Swiss Books; Martens in Shanghai; MagCulture Live on Thursday 4 November; Typoteka; Chaumont

Here is a selection of current and upcoming events that piqued the interest of our…

Books received #47

22 September 2021
Book design, Design history, Graphic design, Posters, Visual culture

The IBM Poster Program; This is What Democracy Looked Like; Flag Waves

Here is a selection of titles that caught our attention in recent weeks. Though many…

Books received #45

16 July 2021
Book design, Graphic design, Posters, Visual culture

Bill Brandt and Henry Moore; Closed on Mondays by Dinah Casson; Drama by Vanja Cuculić

Here are a few books about visual culture that have been languishing in a dark…

Books received #44

29 March 2021
Book design, Design history, Graphic design, Illustration, Photography, Visual culture

Africa State of Mind; The Paper by Christoph Niemann; Modern Heraldry; and Abbatt Toys, Modern Toys for Modern Children.

Time to shine a light on some fascinating books about design and visual culture that…