Events
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17 October 2018
Symposium: Graphic Design and the Research Excellence Framework
A one-day symposium that brings together senior managers, researchers and graphic design educators to explore and discuss the challenges facing graphic design research in an academic context.
Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery, Head Post Office Building, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield S1 2AY, UK
to 17 October 2018
Everything Happens So Much: London Design Festival at the London College of Communication
A series of free events and workshops held in partnership with the London Design Festival at the London College of Communication. Events include book launches, exhibitions and panel discussions, while workshops cover the making of mini-comics, Ghostbuster zines, and fabric jewellery.
London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle, London SE1 6SB, UK
Tickets available here.
18 October 2018
Art director Simon Esterson and editor John L. Walters will articulate some freewheeling insights into the thinking, planning, writing, editing, designing, cake-eating and tea-drinking that lie behind what they modestly call ‘the world’s most beautiful and collectable graphic design journal’.
Eye is an award-winning, independent magazine about design and visual culture, published for professional designers, students and anyone interested in critical, informed writing about graphic design and visual culture worldwide. Simon and John bought the magazine from its previous owners in 2008, so this year marks the tenth anniversary of Eye’s independence. You can access much of Eye’s extensive archive at eyemagazine.com
All proceeds from this event will be donated to the St Bride Library.
Tickets £8 –£12.50, 7–9pm
Book online HERE
18 October 2018 — 8 February 2019
Martin Parr: Beach Therapy
Spazio Damiani, Via dello Scalo, Bologna, 3/2 ABC
40131, Italy
Above: Martin Parr, St Ives, Cornwall, England, photographic pigment print.
19 October 2018
Felipe Taborda: Where do ideas come from?
Brazillian designer Felipe Taborda gives a lecture on the various stages of a graphic concept: from initial sketches to final product.
IED Madrid, Flor Alta, 8 28004 Madrid, Spain
20 October — 21 October 2018
Typographic Systems: Analog to Algorithm
A weekend workshop with Jon Sueda and Chris Hamamoto, in which you will learn to use the dynamic structures of typographic systems to create sophisticated typography.
Letterform Archive, 1001 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, US
20 October 2018 — 17 December 2018
War and Peace in Liberia: Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros
An exhibition of photographs by Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, documenting the Second Liberian Civil War (1999-2003) in Liberia. Together, these two photographers alerted the world to Liberia’s humanitarian disaster and helped to build the international momentum which resulted in the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping mission that brought the war to a close.
Bronx Documentary Center, 614 Courtlandt Avenue, Bronx, NY 10451, US
Above: Chris Hondros, Joseph Duo, a Liberian militia commander loyal to the government, exults after firing a rocket-propelled grenade at rebel forces at a key strategic bridge in Monrovia. 2003. © Chris Hondros / Getty Images.
20 October 2018 — 10 February 2019
25 Years! Shared Histories, Shared Stories
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Grüzenstrasse 44 + 45, CH-8400 Winterthur, Switzerland
Above: Aneta Grzeszykowska & Jan Smaga, from Acrobat Book, 2008.
20 October 2018 — 28 April 2019
Max Gill: Wonderground Man
An exhibition devoted to the work of illustrator, letterer, map maker, architect and decorative artist MacDonald (Max) Gill. Born in 1884, Gill’s work includes book covers, posters for transport and communication companies and his 1914 Wonderground Map, which hung at every London Underground Station.
Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, Lodge Hill Lane, Ditchling, East Sussex BN6 8SP, UK
Above: Max Gill, Cable & Wireless Great Circle Map (1945), Private collection. Courtesy Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft.
to 21 October 2018
Design Manchester 2018: Disrupt!
A series of events, from a one-day conference to talks and workshops, celebrating the role and purpose of disruption in design. Design Manchester includes talks from Michael Wolff, one of the founders of Wolff Olins, design critic and author Alice Rawsthorn, and is hosted by Patrick Burgoyne.
The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St, Manchester M2 3WS, UK
Tickets are available here.
to 21 October 2018
Make Futurism Great Again
A conversation with the permanent collection.
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 39A Canonbury Square, London N1 2AN, UK
to 24 October 2018
Obsessorize on Madison Avenue
A public art exhibition of 28 sculptures (up to 8ft tall) inspired by past decades of iconic head-to-toe accessories installed along Madison Avenue. These tributes to accessories are created out of everyday items by 3D Design students at the School of Visual Art in New York. This public exhibition is timed to coincide with the publication of Marie Claire’s October 2018 issue.
Madison Avenue, East 58th Street to East 95th Street, New York, NY, US
to 27 October 2018
Mark Wallinger: Study for Self Reflection
Turner Prize winning artist Mark Wallinger’s first solo exhibition with the gallery in the United States.
Hauser & Wirth New York, 548 W 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, US
Above: Superego by Mark Wallinger. Photo: Alex Delfanne. 2016.
to 28 October 2018
Future Knowledge
An exhibition that explores the role of visual culture in raising awareness about climate change. As part of the national Seasons of Change project, ‘Future Change’ includes projects from a prototype domestic wallpaper that changes colour in response to air pollution to a sculptural ‘lung’ constructed from a pioneering organic building material.
Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke St, Oxford OX1 1BP, UK
Above: Eline McGeorge, On Joined Flight Lines 1, 2018. Courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens. Photo: Andy Keate.
to 28 October 2018
Bawden at Home
Edward Bawden CBE RA was educated at Friends’ School Saffron Walden and spent his last nineteen years living in the town at Park Lane. This exhibition includes more than 200 artworks and other items. The exhibition also forms part of the Royal Academy’s 250th anniversary celebrations. There will be an accompanying programme of events throughout the season.
The Fry Art Gallery, 19A Castle St, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1BD, UK
See ‘Bawden galore’ on the Eye blog.
to 28 October 2018
Stanley Kubrick Photographs: Through a Different Lens
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029, US
Above: Stanley Kubrick, ‘Rosemary Williams, Show Girl’ for Look magazine, 1949. Courtesy of SK Film Archives / Museum of the City of New York.
to October 2018
The New Machinery
The first public showing of Martin Venezky’s Appetite Engineers’ ongoing series, The New Machinery. Showing in the pre-security area of the San Francisco International Airport, Venezky’s images are extended by their context, seeing the airport itself as ‘a gigantic machine’.
San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3, Departures Level, San Francisco, CA 94128, US
Above: An image from the The New Machinery series (2017) © Martin Venezky’s Appetite Engineers.
to 30 October 2018
Being as Becoming: liberating-art and/or liberating art
A project asserting the qualities of artistic production in our lives. All elements in the exhibition space become dynamic. There are no fixed works.
Onomatopee Projects, Williemstraat 27, 5611 HB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
to 30 October 2018
All Backwards: Felipe Taborda 1982–2018
An exhibition that surveys the work of graphic designer, author, and curator Felipe Taborda. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Taborda has been designing in the fields of culture and publishing since 1982 and has led his own studio since 1990.
Cultural Center Casa del Reloj, Paseo Chopera, 628045 Madrid, Spain
to 4 November 2018
4th Istanbul Design Biennial
Titled ‘A School of Schools’ and curated by Jan Boelen, with associate curators Nadine Botha and Vera Sacchetti, the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial brings together projects from over 200 interdisciplinary practitioners from across the globe. Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts and sponsored by Vitra, this biennial explores the many dimensions of design and learning.
Istanbul, Turkey
to 4 November 2018
John Vernon Lord: Illustrating Carroll and Joyce
An exhibition of John Vernon Lord’s pen and ink drawings for five books, including Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake and Ulysses.
House of Illustration, 2 Granary Square, King’s Cross, London N1C4BH, UK
Above: An illustration from Finnegans Wake © John Vernon Lord.
to 4 November 2018
Arthur Jafa: APEX
Filmmaker, cinematographer and visual artist Arthur Jafa presents his video APEX (2013) for the first time in France.
Luma, Parcs des Ateliers, 45 Chemin des Minimes, 13200 Arles, France
See ‘Twisting the alien’ a Photo Critique about APEX by Rick Poynor.
to 4 November 2018
The Future Starts Here
The Sainsbury Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, Knightsbridge, London SW7 2RL, UK
to 4 November 2018
Ahead of the Curve: Women Artists at 2 Willow Road
Award winning graphic artist Frith Kerr invites designers llse Crawford, Lyn Harris, Gitta Gschwendnter, Nina Chakrabarti, Roksanda Ilincic and Kitty Travers to respond to the female artists collected by Ernö and Ursula Goldfinger.
2 Willow Road, London NW3 1TH, UK
to 10 November 2018
Elliott Erwitt
In celebration of his 90th birthday, PDNB Gallery are exhibiting Erwitt's works from his Magnum years. This show will include memorable images of dogs, one of his most treasured subjects.
PDNB Gallery, 154 Glass St., Ste. 104 Dallas, TX 75207, US
Above: Elliott Erwitt, USA, New York City, 1974
See ‘One image, many photos’ in Eye 89.
to 11 November 2018
London Nights
Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN, UK
Above: A group of ‘teddy boys’ outside a burger bar; 1962 © Henry Grant Collection / Museum of London.
to 12 November 2018
Neon Naked Life Drawing
An atypical life drawing class, using neon reactive arts materials. The Queen of Hoxton’s class explores creative drawing, from pointillism to continuous line.
Queen of Hoxton, 1-5 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3JX, UK
to 17 November 2018
Anni Albers
A retrospective exhibition of Anni Albers’ (1899 - 1994) prints, accompanied by unseen archival material.
Alan Cristea Gallery, 43 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JG, UK
Above: Anni Albers, Camino Real, 1967.
to 18 November 2018
Robert Delaunay and the City of Light
One of the largest collections of Delaunay’s work in Switzerland shows his innovativeness in abstract art and focuses on themes of light and color. Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1, CH–8001 Zurich, Switzerland
Above: Robert Delaunay, Formes Circulaires, Soleil, Lune, 1913.
to 18 November 2018
Hans Knuchel: Motion Enhancement
This installation by Zurich-base designer Hans Knuchel focuses on the theme of optical phenomena and looks to exploit the mechanics of our eyesight to create a dramatic visual experience.
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, Zurich 803, Switzerland
to 18 November 2018
I Love Milton
An exhibition dedicated to the posters of Milton Glaser. As part of Madrid Gráfica, this exhibition is the first time Glaser’s iconic posters have been exhibited in the Spanish capital. Staged as part of Madrid Grafica 18.
Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, 12 Calle de Montalbán, Madrid 28014, Spain
to 18 November 2018
How Do You Want to be Remembered?
Curated as a time capsule of beautiful memorials drawn and carved by hand by leading letter carvers, this exhibition shows how individual lives can be celebrated with sensitive design and beautiful lettering.
Lettering Arts Centre, Snape Maltings, Suffolk IP17 1SP, UK
to 25 November 2018
We Dissent... Design of the Women’s Movement in New York
This exhibition – curated by Stéphanie Jeanjean, adjunct assistant professor of art history at Cooper Union, and Alexander Tochilovsky, curator of the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography – presents a collection of printed materials and artefacts, from the 1860s to today, that reside at the intersection of feminism and social movements.
41 Cooper Gallery, The Cooper Union, Third Avenue, 10003 New York, NY
Above: Bethany Johns, No Means NO (red), from Women’s Action Coalition (WAC) Blue Dot series, 1992.
to 2 December 2018
New East Photo Prize
An exhibition of works selected for the New East Photo Prize, a Calvert 22 Foundation initiative supported by the Calvert Journal, an online magazine devoted to exploring the culture and creativity from the region. The New East Photo Prize champions contemporary perspectives on the 29 countries of Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia, and Central Asia.
22 Calvert Foundation, 22 Calvert Avenue, London E2 7JP, UK
to 8 December 2018
Black to the Future: A Discussion of the Arts Through a Black Cultural Lens
As part of Black History Month, Southampton’s Showcase Gallery presents an exhibition of UK artists exploring art through a black cultural lens.
Solent Showcase Gallery, 157-187 Above Bar Street, Southampton SO14 7NN, UK
Above: Ade Adesina, The View After The Questions, 2018.
to 30 December 2018
Picture Fiction: Kenneth Josephson and Contemporary Photography
Drawn largely from the MCA’s permanent collection, Picture Fiction: Kenneth Josephson and Contemporary Photography considers the artist’s work in the larger context of conceptual art.
MCA Chicago, 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, UK
Above: Kenneth Josephson, Chicago, 1972. © MCA Chicago.
to 6 January 2019
Doing the Document: Photographs from Diane Arbus to Piet Zwart
Museum Ludwig, Heinrich-Böll-Platz, 50667 Cologne, Germany
to 6 January 2019
Amsterdam, The Magic Centre: Art And Counter Culture 1967-1970
An exhibition surveying the artistic and social developments of the late Sixties, a period synonymous with protest and rebellion. The exhibition explores Amsterdam’s position as a ‘vibrant international hub and laboratory’ for transnational visual culture.
Stedelijk Museum, 10 Museumplein, 1071 DJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Above: Cover of Gandalf, volume 6 1969/70, no 40. Photo: Studio Gandalf. Collection Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
to 6 January 2019
Symbols as Weapons: by the Example of the Red Army Faction’s Insignia
Using the emblem of the Red Army Faction – a five-pointed star, a submachine gun and the three letters – as a central example, this exhibition explores how terrorist groups use symbols, texts, and media as weapons to force political action.
German National Library, Deutscher Pl, 104103 Leipzig, Germany
Above: Books and texts of the Red Army Faction and its members © German Museum of Books and Writing.
to 6 January 2019
Beazley Designs of the Year 2018
Every year since 2008 hundreds of design experts from around the world nominate the most innovative designs from the past 12 months. Experience up close this year's 87 nominated projects across fashion, architecture, digital, transport, product and graphic design.
The Design Museum, 224-238 Kensington High Street, W8 6AG, London, UK
to 6 January 2019
Metahaven: Version History
Co-commissioned and produced by the ICA, ‘Version History’ is a moving-image installation that centres around Metahaven’s latest work, Eurasia (Questions of Happiness). Incorporating features of science fiction, poetry, essays and folk tales, this work examines ‘neo-medieval interface politics’ and the political and cultural forces that destabilise concepts of objective reality. Eurasia will be shown alongside Metahaven’s recent films Information Skies and Hometown.
Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH, UK
Above: Metahaven, Still from Eurasia (Questions on Happiness), 2018. © Metahaven.
See: ‘Borderline’ in Eye 71.
to 6 January 2019
Made Thought: Plastic Free Aisle Installation
Developed by London design studio Made Thought in conjunction with environmental campaign group A Plastic Planet, the installation offers a glimpse of a plastic free future for grocery shopping. It forms part of the Design Museum’s Beazley Designs of The Year 2018 exhibition, featuring 87 nominees celebrating innovative and thought-provoking design from around the world.
Design Museum, 224 - 238 Kensington High Street, London W8 6AG, UK
See ‘Living and decaying in the plastic age’ in Eye 94.
to 7 January 2019
Printing R-Evolution and Society, 1450-1500
An exhibition documenting the impact of the printing revolution on the economic and social development of early modern Europe. Coordinated by the University of Oxford’s 15cBooktrade project, and curated by the project’s director Cristina Dondi.
Museo Correr, 52 San Marco, 30124 Venice, Italy
to 13 January 2019
Pieter Bruegel der Ältere
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Vienna, Austria
to 13 January 2019
Elmgreen & Dragset: This Is How We Bite Our Tongue
The first major UK overview of the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset. Combining a large-scale, site-specific installation with six new sculptures and 29 works that span the duo’s twenty years of collaboration.
Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX, UK
Above: Elmgreen & Dragset, Pregnant White Maid, 2017 (detail). Courtesy of Galerie Perrotin. Photo: Elmar Vestner.
to 20 January 2019
Wes Anderson & Juman Malouf
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Vienna, Austria
to 27 January 2019
Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and the Avant-Garde
An exhibition that explores modern art, and modern love, across painting, sculpture, photography, design and literature.
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS, UK
Above: Photographer unknown, A. Rodchenko and V. Stepanova descending from the airplane. (for the film The General Line by Sergei Eisenstein), 1926. Courtesy Rodchenko and Stepanova Archives, Moscow.
to 27 January 2019
Fashioned From Nature
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL, UK
Above: Suit, Richard James, 1998, England. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
to 27 January 2019
100 Figures: The Unseen Art of Quentin Blake
An exhibition figurative art by renowned illustrator Quentin Blake, revealing his personal experimentation with material, form and style. The exhibition features a variety of large-scale oil paintings, drawings and prints created between 1950 and 2000.
House of Illustration, 2 Granary Square, Kings Cross, London N1C4BH, UK
Above: Quentin Blake, Oil paint on canvas, 1980s. © Quentin Blake.
to January 2019
Poster Girls
London Transport Museum, Covent Garden Piazza, London WC2E 7BB, UK
to 3 February 2019
Social Design
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, Zürich, Switzerland
to 3 February 2019
Alexander von Humboldt: Photography and Legacy
Museum Ludwig, Heinrich-Böll-Platz, 50667 Cologne, Germany
Above: Paul de Rosti, Mexiko [Mexico](from the album Aufnahmen aus Mexiko und Venezuela 1857–1858 [Photographs from Mexico and Venezuela 1857–1858], gift to Alexander von Humboldt, 1858), 1857/1858. Museum Ludwig, Cologne. Reproduction: Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln / Cologne.
to 10 February 2019
La Raza
The exhibition examines the photography of the influential bilingual newspaper La Raza (1967-1977) and the alternative press of the Chicano Movement, positioning photography as an artistic medium and a powerful tool of social activism.
The Autry Museum in Griffith Park, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462, US
Above: Police in front of Lincoln High School, East L.A. c. 1970. La Raza Newspaper & Magazine Records. Coll. 1000. Courtesy of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.
to 24 February 2019
Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL, UK
to 24 February 2019
Metahaven: Earth
The first large-scale museum survey of Dutch design practice Metahaven, bringing together the collective’s new moving image installations with their earlier work on music videos, textiles and print.
Stedelijk Museum, 10 Museumplein, 1071 DJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Above: Metahaven, The Sprawl (Propaganda about Propaganda), still, 2015. Courtesy Metahaven.
to 3 March 2019
Living with Buildings
Including works from Andreas Gursky, Rachel Whiteread and Giles Round, the Wellcome Collection’s first multi-story exhibition addresses how shifts in urban design and planning have impacted on human health and wellbeing. From Dickensian slums to Ballardian high-rises, Living with Buildings considers the perspectives of those who use buildings to live in and heal, as well as those who design them.
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK
Above: Tony Ray Jones, Pepys Estate, Deptford, London: children playing on a raised walkway, 1970. © Tony Ray-Jones/RIBA Collections.
to 17 March 2019
Josef Frank
An exhibition of work by Austrian-born architect and designer Josef Frank. Spanning his work in the fields of architecture, urban planning, furniture and textile design; ‘Josef Frank’ investigates the designer’s defining contribution to concepts of postwar Nordic design. Curated by Sebastian Hackenschmidt and architect Hermann Czech, this exhibition is the largest overview of Josef Frank’s work produced to date.
Designmuseo, 23 Korkeavuorenkatu, 00130 Helsinki, Finland
Above: Josef Frank, Anakreon. Textile print for Svenkst Tenn, 1938 © Svenkst Tenn, Sweden.
to 31 March 2019
Ulla von Brandenburg: Sweet Feast
In 1973 an enticing exhibition featuring hundreds of types of sweets was staged to celebrate the UK’s entry to the European Common Market. It was brought to an abrupt end when it was unexpectedly eaten by local schoolchildren. This year the extraordinary event is recreated against a background of Britain’s impending departure from the European Union.
Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX, UK
to 28 April 2019
Design Studio: Processes
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, Zurich 8031, Switzerland
to 12 May 2019
In Focus: Scottish Photography
City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DE, UK
Above: Maud Sulter, Terpsichore, 1989. © Maud Sulter / The Estate of Maud Sulter (Photo: Street Level Photoworks).
to 2 June 2019
Op Art in Focus
Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool L3 4BB, UK
Above: Walter Leblanc, Mobilo Static, 1960 © Estate of Walter Leblanc.
to 30 June 2019
Vernissage with Christoph Niemann: Szenenwechsel
Christoph Niemann’s series of photo drawings for the 2018 / 2019 season campaign of Deutsche Oper can be viewed in their foyer. The show is only open to those seeing an Opera performance.
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bismarckstraße 35, 10627 Berlin, Germany
See ‘Storytelling giant’ in the Eye 72.
to 31 December 2019
Poster Stories
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse 60, 8031 Zurich, Switzerland
ongoing 2017-2019
Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960
Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY 10014, US
Above: Charles Demuth (1883‑1935), Buildings, Lancaster, 1930. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
ongoing 2018-2019
Scenes from the Collection
The Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave at 92nd St, New York, NY 10128, US
Above: Mel Bochner, The Joys of Yiddish, 2012. Courtesy: The Jewish Museum, New York.
OCTOBER 2018
22 October — 24 November 2018
i Shout for The Fall: Pictures of Words by Mark E Smith
As part of Design Manchester 2018, designers and image makers from Malcolm Garrett to Morag Myerscough have been invited to create original artworks for an exhibition based on a single line from the lyrics of The Fall’s frontman.
Bury Art Museum, Moss Street, Bury BL9 0DR, UK
24 — 26 October 2018
5th CIDAG: International Conference on Design and Graphic Arts
A conference on the present and future of design and the graphic arts. Speakers such as Julius Wiedemann, Felipe Taborda and Stephan Bundi will each discuss the ways in which design can influence future innovations.
ISEC Lisbon, 179 Alameda das Linhas de Torres, 1750-142 Lisbon, Portugal
24 October — 31 March 2019
Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty
Divided into six thematic areas, that include ‘What Is Beauty?’, ‘The History of Beauty’and ‘Transforming Beauty’, this exhibition displays some 70 groups of objects that encourage a discourse on beauty as the paradigm of high quality design.
MAK, Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Above: MAK exhibition view, Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty (rendering), 2018 © Sagmeister & Walsh, MAK/Mona Heiß.
25 October 2018
The Typographic Circle presents: Matt Willey, ‘Magazines, mostly’
A Typocircle talk by Matt Willey, the founder and designer of Avaunt and Port magazines, and art director of The New York Times Magazine.
St Bride Foundation, Bride Lane Fleet Street, London, UK
Tickets are available here.
27 October 2018 — 24 February 2019
Lily van der Stokker: Friendly Good
Stedelijk Museum, Museumplein 10, Amsterdam 1071 DJ, The Netherlands
Above: Lily van der Stokker, The Tidy Kitchen (detail), 2015, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US.
30 October 2018
New Light on Old Types: A History of Type Design – Revisited
A lecture from lettering historian Stan Knight, who upon commissioning digital images for his new book Historical Types, noticed that the impression of the type, the squeeze of the ink, or the surface of the paper or vellum shed new light on old typefaces. Here, he walks through his insights into long-standing typographic traditions.
Letterform Archive, 1001 Mariposa Street #307, San Francisco, CA 94107, US
NOVEMBER 2018
1 November 2018
ModMag London by magCulture
A day of talks from international magazine-makers, mixing the new and old, the large and small, the indie and mainstream.
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL, UK
2 November 2018
The Serving Library v David Osbaldeston
An exhibition that brings together The Serving Library’s collection of 100 plus framed objects, including record sleeves, watercolours, drawings, a car number place and a Ouija board, with a new work by David Osbaldeston.
Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University, Bonington building, Dryden Street, Nottingham NG1 4GG, UK
Above: David Osbaldeston, Janus, 2018.
5 — 10 November 2018
Dan Fern: On the Horizon
An exhibition of graphic artist Dan Fern’s original works from 1996 – 2018. A published monograph of Fern’s work, using the same title, will also be launched on 6 November at the gallery.
Coningsby Gallery, 30 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4RJ, UK
See an ‘Interview with Dan Fern’ in Eye 76.
7 — 11 November 2018
Paris Photo 2018
The 22nd edition of the international art fair dedicated solely to photography. Featuring over 200 exhibitors, Paris Photo offers an opportunity to view a wide range of contemporary photography from around the world.
Grand Palais, Avenue Winston Churchill, Paris 75008, France
Above: Mickalene Thomas, Calder Series #2, 2013. © Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels.
8 November 2018
Talk, Poster Girls: History under wraps
Part of a talk series as part of the ‘Poster Girls’ exhibition programme.
London Transport Museum, Covent Garden Piazza, London WC2E 7BB, UK
8 November 2018
Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture
Type historian, designer and educator Fiona Ross discusses the seldom acknowledged history of collaborative type design. Paying special attention to the development of Indian-script type, Ross' lecture, ‘Type design as collaborative process – with particular reference to non-latin scripts’, is delivered in memory of typography scholar Beatrice Warde.
St Bride Foundation, Bride Lane Fleet Street, London, UK
8 November 2018
The Village Gravestone Maker
Letter carver Andrew Whittle delivers a talk on the artistry of making memorials.
Lettering Arts Centre, Snape Maltings, Suffolk IP17 1SP, UK
18 November 2018 — 14 April 2019
Dieter Rams: Principled Design
An exhibition surveying the career of one of the most influential industrial designers living today: Dieter Rams. Principled Design presents the prolific body of work he has produced – from radios, clocks, and cameras to kitchen appliances and furniture – and examines the longevity and impact of his design philosophies.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130, US
Above: Deiter Rams, TG 60 Tape Recorder, 1965. © Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main. Photo by Sebastian Struch.
20 — 25 November 2018
Anima Mundi: Drawn stories of migration
An exhibition of works by award-winning reportage illustrator George Butler, focusing on the connections between human and animal migration.
Bankside Gallery, Thames Riverside, London SE1 9JH, UK
Above: George Butler, Stuck in Belgrade.
22 November 2018 — 27 January 2019
Pierre Faucheux, Reading Spaces, Reading Spaces
A chance to discover the work of Pierre Faucheux, one of the great design figures of France in the second half of the twentieth century.
Le Signe National Center for Graphic Design, 52000 Chaumont, France
Above: Sample of works by Pierre Faucheux.
24 November — 17 February 2019
Heath Robinson’s Home Life
An exhibition looking at Heath Robinson’s work themed around home life, featuring How to Live in a Flat, the first of his series of “How to…” books.
Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner Memorial Park, 50 West End Lane, Pinner, London HA5 1AE, UK
Above: Heath Robinson, Communal Eurythmics and physical jerks for flat dwellers on Saturday afternoons
23 November 2018 — 17 March 2019
Fernand Léger: New Times, New Pleasures
A major exhibition on the work of French painter and filmmaker Fernand Léger. Working throughout the first half of the twentieth-century, Léger drew inspiration from the emergent forms of the ‘mechanical age’. Forms such as typography, advertising and graphic design.
Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool L3 4BB, UK
Above: Fernand Léger, Study for 'The Constructors' The Team at Rest 1950. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2018. Photo: Antonia Reeve.
24 November 2018 — 17 March 2019
Robert Blomfield: Edinburgh Street Photography
An exhibition of previously unseen Robert Blomfield photographs that document the shifting landscape of Edinburgh in the 1960s.
City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DE, UK
Above: Robert Blomfield, Childhood Friends, Edinburgh, 1966. © Robert Blomfield.
25 November 2018 — Spring 2019
Municipal Art Acquisitions 2018: Freedom of Movement
‘Freedom of Movement’ is the theme for the Municipal Art Acquisitions 2018 exhibition. Bringing together 20 selected artists to explore notions of political agency within the field of time-based media – through film, video, performance, dance, theatre, new media, sound and internet art.
Stedelijk Museum, 10 Museumplein, 1071 DJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Above: Basit Mahmood, Monument of Arrival and Return, 2016. Video installation, 9:36 minutes, courtesy the artist.
DECEMBER 2018
4 December 2018
Type Tuesday
Eye magazine’s regular Type Tuesday evening at St Bride Library from 7–9.30pm.
St Bride Foundation, 14 St. Bride Lane, London, EC4Y 8EQ, UK
Free glass of fizz on arrival.
7 December 2018 — 14 April 2019
3D Lettering on Buildings
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96,
Zurich 8031, Switzerland
JANUARY 2019
17 January 2019
In/Visible Conference
A conference for designers and creative thinkers working across a range of mediums to engage in conversation about the art of design.
The Pearl, 601 19th St, San Francisco, CA 94107, US
FEBRUARY 2019
5 February — 6 May 2019
Don McCullin
A comprehensive survey of British photographer Don McCullin. Including iconic photographs from wars in Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and Syria, alongside images of the working classes in London’s East End and the industrial north.
Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG, UK
Above: Don McCullin, Near Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin 1961. Tate. © Don McCullin.
MARCH 2019
5 — 7 March 2019
Brainstorm Design Conference 2019
A conference exploring the increasingly crucial nexus between design and business. Established in 2018, with guests such as the Museum of Modern Art’s Paola Antonelli and design critic Alice Rawsthorn, Brainstorm Design is the latest addition to Fortune’s Brainstorm conference series. This year’s conference is hosted in Singapore as part of Singapore Design Week.
Register here.
APRIL 2019
26 April — 17 September 2019
Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition
An insight into director Stanley Kubrick’s vast archive of props, costumes, set models and rare photographs. The exhibition will also trace the design story behind Kubrick’s work and his fascination with design and architecture, including his collaborations with Hardy Amies, Eliot Noyes, Milena Canonero and Saul Bass.
The Design Museum, 224-238 Kensington High St, Kensington, W8 6AG London, UK
Above: Still from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1964. © Sony/Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.
MAY 2019
JUNE 2019
5 — 7 June 2019
Kerning: International Conference on Typography 2019
Italy’s annual conference on typography and web typography. This year, centred around the theme of ‘wor(l)ds’, Kerning will feature 8 speakers, 8 ‘masters of industry’, and will cover a range of topics within typography and digital communication.
Cinema Teatro Santi, 10 Via Scaletta, Faenza 1048018, Italy
Tickets available here.