Opinion: Typography
Instant object of desire
Visual culture, Critique / Photography
A Polaroid photo’s aura of ephemeral uniqueness lies in its small white frame and supercharged surface.…
Editorial Eye 98
When you visit St Bride Printing Library in London, or the living archive that is…
Editorial Eye 94
The notion that graphic design is fundamentally a creative business, a form of art…
Browsing, or reading?
A new shop demonstrates the global resurgence of indie magazines. Critique by Rick Poynor
Editorial Eye 90
The wider world’s interpretation of type and typography can be broad, vague…
Words and pictures talking
Design history, Critique / Photography
Canongate has reissued John Berger and Jean Mohr’s A Fortunate Man, about Gloucestershire doctor John…
Editorial Eye 84
The original Monotype was an ingenious piece of highly disruptive technology that caused…
Editorial Eye 83
Several recent issues of Eye have focused on type design, but this special puts the…
A soul drifting in neon limbo
The stroboscopic credits of Noé’s movie suck the viewer into an immersive maelstrom of lettering.…
Is type design teaching losing its soul?
Formulaic, modular approaches threaten the chemistry of the master-apprentice model.