Review: Reviews
Guts and gutters
The Brazilian art director and designer Bea Feitler (1938-82) said of magazines that ‘you can’t…
Books on books
The London Centre for Book Arts (LCBA), founded in 2012 by artists Simon Goode and…
A sharp eye for Brazilian design
The short title of this exhibition – ‘Brasil Hoje’ [Brazil Today] – gives an idea…
Inspired information
In her 2014 book Graphesis Johanna Drucker describes information visualisations as ‘intellectual Trojan horses’ –…
Artists’ letters
Despite the importance of words and letters in the history of art, few critics –…
A note on the type
The Eye reviews desk bends under the weight of new books on type, from the…
Swiss style: the prequel
It all started with a letter that Dorothea Hofmann sat down to write to Philip…
Market forces
Lucinda Rogers is a British reportage illustrator whose career has become intertwined with activism, working…
Citizens’ Babel
Eyeball Cards: The Art of British CB Radio Culture (William Hogan, Four Corners Irregulars, £14)…
The crew with no name
This ambitious exhibition throws light on a circle of artists and designers grouped loosely around…