Eye Magazine

Opinion: Typography

Word play

Sarah Boris’s letterpress collaboration with New North Press reflects the turbulence of 2020.

Instant object of desire

Photography, Typography, Visual culture, Critique / Photography

A Polaroid photo’s aura of ephemeral uniqueness lies in its small white frame and supercharged surface. Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

Editorial Eye 98

Typography, Editorial

When you visit St Bride Printing Library in London, or the living archive that is…

Editorial Eye 94

Typography

The notion that graphic design is fundamentally a creative business, a form of art undertaken…

Browsing, or reading?

Graphic design, Magazines, Photography, Typography, Visual culture

A new shop demonstrates the global resurgence of indie magazines. Critique by Rick Poynor

Editorial Eye 90

Type Tuesday, Typography

The wider world’s interpretation of type and typography can be broad, vague, prejudiced, opinionated, highly…

Words and pictures talking

Book design, Design history, Graphic design, Photography, Typography, Critique / Photography

Canongate has reissued John Berger and Jean Mohr’s A Fortunate Man, about Gloucestershire doctor John Sassall. How does it compare with the 1967 original? Photo Critique by Rick Poynor

Editorial Eye 84

Typography, Editorial

The original Monotype was an ingenious piece of highly disruptive technology that caused the biggest…

Editorial Eye 83

Graphic design, Typography, Editorial

Several recent issues of Eye have focused on type design, but this special puts the…

A soul drifting in neon limbo

Typography, Visual culture

The stroboscopic credits of Noé’s movie suck the viewer into an immersive maelstrom of lettering. Critique by Rick Poynor

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