Eye 78 Winter 2010
Critique: A soul adrift in neon limbo
The credits of Gaspar Noé’s Enter The Void suck the viewer into an immersive maelstrom of lettering. By Rick Poynor
David Gentleman talks to Eye about wood engravings, stamps and Stop the War.
The little journal that grew big
How Dave Eggers’ archaic yet contemporary design ethos has contributed to the success of his publishing ‘empire’, McSweeney’s. By Lance Knobel
Figures and facts
Great moments in information design
Hail that cab map
NYT Taxi frequency map. Mark Porter
Pentagram’s Nobrium brochure. Simon Esterson
The way ahead
British road signing. Paul Stiff
Google Maps. Jack Schulze
iA’s Web Trends Map. John Ridpath
JFK assassination. Christopher Wilson
Rupert the Bear. Rob Waller
Drawn to the land
Wainwright’s guide. Angharad Lewis
Tool-shop for a counter culture
The Whole Earth Catalog. Ken Garland
The true size of Africa. Saki Mafundikwa
Branches and roots
Rock Family Trees. John L Walters
Life’s little detours
Chris Ware’s book wrapper. Eric Heiman
Do it yourself
Reader’s Digest repairs. Fraser Muggeridge
The Approval Matrix. Andrew Losowsky
The periodic table. Tony Pritchard
Icons for the people
A new V&A display and a remarkable book trace the development of Isotype, a method of visualising data pioneered by Otto Neurath in the 1920s.
Joost Grootens: Paper planet
Joost Grootens is reinventing the atlas for the 21st century. Eye talks to the Dutch art director about his innovative approach to book design, which presents complex content through refined typography, tactile printing and colour.
Love of lexicons
The open framework of the dictionary allows readers to find random nuggets of information, forging connections that reflect the arbitrary nature of life. By Rick Poynor
Max Gadney argues that information design should be a compulsory part of every graphic design course.
Supergraphics, Migropolis, National Lampoon, Atlas of Remote Islands, AGI Open, Bossa Nova covers, Peter Blake.