Eye Magazine

Published and designed by the Swiss / American practice Coromandel Design, 01.2 Manger / Eat, feels at first glance like a well designed stock photo book, themed with the subject of food. Yet the thick paperback is actually a kind of photography journal, with some art and new writing thrown in. Future themes include seduire / seduce, travailler / work and se déplacer / move. (The first issue was dormir / sleep.) There are previously unpublished photographs by more than 30 artists, including Nan Golding and Barbara Kruger. They combine a wide range of techniques and concepts with a very contemporary fusion of pleasure, disgust and moral ambivalence. The result is as stylish and blank as an issue of Purple.

First published in Eye no. 41 vol. 11, 2001

Eye is the world’s most beautiful and collectable graphic design journal, published quarterly for professional designers, students and anyone interested in critical, informed writing about graphic design and visual culture. It is available from all good design bookshops and online at the Eye shop, where you can buy subscriptions and single issues.