Review: Typography
A weighty guide to Latin typefaces
More than ever, typography is an incessant talking (and writing) point. Its history…
Artists’ letters
Despite the importance of words and letters in the history of art, few critics – and…
Guts and gutters
The Brazilian art director and designer Bea Feitler (1938-82) said of magazines that…
A note on the type
The Eye reviews desk bends under the weight of new books on type, from the detailed…
Elusive characters
On the surface, Marcel’s Letters is a fascinating story. Once you dig a little…
A sharp eye for Brazilian design
The short title of this exhibition – ‘Brasil Hoje’ [Brazil Today] – gives an idea of…
A 2D man comes to life
The subtitle, ‘A Graphic Memoir’, of this gutsy new book by designer Paul Sahre is a…
Bruce Rogers in the twentieth century
The Centaur types are arguably the greatest achievement of the Indiana-born…
Stuck in neutral
The scope of Mapping Graphic Design History in Switzerland is expansive. The editors…
Pictures made of books
Few children’s picturebooks are quite like this. A Child of Books (Walker Books…