Archive for category: The death of graphic-design criticism

The long, slow, deserved death of “traditional” graphic-design criticism. Its practitioners will be the last to know

‘Eye’ 84    (2013.03.05)

Eye’s Monotype special, in which Ultrasparky has never seemed more Ultrastilted

‘Eye’ 83    (2013.01.22)

Eye 83, filled to the brim with features on designers you’ve read about for decades and other designers so successful they don’t need clients anymore

‘Eye’ 82    (2012.05.23)

Reading this issue of Eye, I conclude that Christian Schwartz could really use a fun night out at the Steamworks

‘Eye’ 81    (2011.12.29)

Rick Poynor disingenuously states that graphic-design history picks winners and losers. He’s one of the pickers

‘Eye’ 80: The doll’s-house effect    (2011.10.03)

Issue 80 of Eye is riven with structural defects and contradictions

Steven Heller, sycophant    (2011.07.28)

Eye’s lead writer “interviews” its editor for the blog of a rival publication

‘Eye’ 78 & 79    (2011.07.26)

Winter 2010 and Spring 2011. Did you know Ontario Hydro was “state-owned”?

This week’s design book: ‘Manning Up’    (2011.04.29)

Hymowitz’s Manning Up is a book about design wearing the drag of a book about men (really women)