William Owen
Recent articles by William Owen
Fuse's envelope comes unstuck
Issue 16, Spring 1995
The suffix ’94 seems to suggest that the organisers of the Fuse conference expect to…
Meta’s tectonic man
Issue 18, Autumn 1995
In Erik Spiekermann’s hands, typographic design is a tool for rendering the world more accessible
Bodies, text and motion
Issue 21, Summer 1996
Peter Greenaway’s new film, The Pillow Book, is his most sophisticated essay in graphic cinema
Design in the age of digital reproduction
Issue 14, Autumn 1994
‘Multimedia’ may well be one of the most overused words of the 1990s. What does it mean for designers, what has been achieved so far and where are we heading?
Messy medium
Issue 64, Summer 2007
Social media is shifting message-making away from mass media and into the hands of multiple users.
Blam: the essence is speed
Issue 14, Autumn 1994
William Owen looks at design in the age of digital reproduction
When media worlds collide
Issue 6, Spring 1992
Hypertext is the communication media’s equivalent of cold fusion. It is one of those fuzzy…
Mondo magazines
Issue 4, Summer 1991
Some of the sharpest and most influential graphic design ideas come from the new magazines. Eye thumbs the pages of the international press and takes a close look at three of the most consistently creative titles: i-D, Interview, and Beach Culture
What’s this history for?
Issue 3, Spring 1991
The suggestion, by a European interloper, that there was some rancour in the ostensibly anodyne title…
Wheels of fortune
Issue 2, Winter 1990
Fortune magazine was a visual encyclopedia of American business life