Eye Magazine | Author | Jessica Helfand

Jessica Helfand

Recent articles by Jessica Helfand

Squaring the circleIssue 41, Autumn 2001
Feature

                                            Paper wheel charts suggest a new way to display complex information            
First Things First Manifesto 2000Issue 33, Autumn 1999
Feature

                                            Thirty-three visual communicators renew the 1964 call for a change of priorities            
The big reveal: theatrical typographyIssue 40, Summer 2001
Opinion

                                            
	Website choreography lets characters sing, dance and roll over, but you can learn several lessons from the routine revelations of daytime TV soap operas.            
The univernacular rulesIssue 34, Winter 1999
Opinion

                                            Contradiction and comformity            
Because they’re bigIssue 36, Summer 2000
Opinion

                                            
	As big businesses get bigger and broader and more ubiquitous, their vision often becomes remarkably small            
Television did it firstIssue 26, Autumn 1997
Opinion

                                            
	Ten myths and misconceptions about the so-called ‘new’ media            
The myth of real timeIssue 22, Autumn 1996
Opinion

                                            
	In her first report, Eye’s new media columnist asks why, when it comes to time, we equate ‘real’ with ‘fast’            
Freedom in the graphic galaxyIssue 39, Spring 2001
Opinion

                                            
	Minimalism. Maximalism. Chaos. Software advances plus a reconciliation of two strains of Modernism may finally lead us towards a new screen aesthetic            
You are under our controlIssue 28, Summer 1998
Opinion

                                            
	Design, technology and psychology conspire to find new ways of teasing and fraying the passive viewer’s nerves            
Geometry is never wrongIssue 24, Spring 1997
Opinion

                                            
	The ‘exact beauty’ of De Stijl could provide cyberspace with a new set of design co-ordinates.            
I design, therefore I amIssue 23, Winter 1996
Opinion

                                                                            As avatars become increasingly complex, your on-line identity is only as effective as your on-screen visualisation…            
Sensory montageIssue 25, Summer 1997
Opinion

                                                                            Technology's mission to merge reality and fiction reflects the divided self of its operators - behind…            
All the news that fitsIssue 27, Spring 1998
Opinion

                                                                            Hold the front page! When it comes to the big news stories, what happened to the…            
Describe/draw a favourite memoryIssue 35, Spring 2000
Opinion

                                                                            In our high-speed culture, it is the still image that cuts through the clutter, that remains…            
Is the avant-garde lost in space?Issue 31, Spring 1999
Opinion

                                                                            Linked by the speed of light the non-material world of the Web needs new paradigms of…            
Multiple choicesIssue 30, Winter 1998
Opinion

                                            All the news from every angle that fits your personal agenda: surfing the shlockwave of a pseudo-event            
We know who you are . . .Issue 29, Autumn 1998
Opinion

                                            Media surveillance, statistics and the modern spectator            
Screen manifesto specialIssue 38, Winter 2000
Opinion

                                            Me, the undersigned            
White space, silent thoughtsIssue 33, Autumn 1999
Opinion

                                            
	Visual data is often all we need: sound can divert the mind from interpretation, from completing the gesture. By Jessica Helfand            