Paul Davis

Recent articles about Paul Davis

Burger, fries, no logo

Issue 87, Spring 2014

Feature

With ‘nothing to show and nothing to say’, Ben Stott’s ‘anti-branding’ helped turn the Byron restaurant chain into a multi-million pound brand.

The stuff they like

Issue 43, Spring 2002

Review

The Fall 2000 issue of The Ganzfeld was a 152-page pocket book; the latest is…

Awards madness

Issue 69, Autumn 2008

Feature

Everybody likes to win. But if design competitions destroy creativity and co-operation, what’s the point? By Jason Grant. Infographics by Paul Davis

Looking for clues

Issue 55, Spring 2005

Feature

Notebook in hand, Paul Davis works like a journalist, trying to figure out what makes us tick

Right and wrong ways to borrow

Issue 10, Autumn 1993

Review

Borrowed Design analyses the field of graphic design as a history of credits and debits…

Recent blog posts about Paul Davis

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…

Classic Collections – Storytelling

18 December 2015
Graphic design, Illustration, Magazines, Photography, Typography

For a limited time, you can buy a bundle of themed Eye back issues – at a bargain price
Occasionally you meet someone whose business card says ‘storyteller’ – which might prompt some of…

Man on slackwire

24 February 2015
Design education, Graphic design, Illustration, Information design, Music design, Posters, Visual culture

Paul Davis wears many hats (plus wigs and masks) as both illustrator and artist in his exhibition at the Ginza Graphic Gallery in Tokyo
The long-standing love affair between illustrator Paul Davis and the art directors and designers of…

Graphic design on the radio

22 August 2008
Awards madness, Graphic design, Illustration, Visual culture

Paul Davis reveals all on live radio
OK, it’s not exactly Desert Island Discs, but Graphic design on the radio, presented by…