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’ 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)

‘Eye’ 76 & 77    (2011.02.12)

The best design magazine ever continues its decline

What’s design criticism worth? About 12¢    (2010.05.28)

Established design critic John Thackara thinks kids today should live in squats and write design criticism for 12¢ a pageview

‘Eye’ visits Berlin, unnoticed    (2010.02.05)

Eye’s “Berlin special” is more like a series of blog posts, which, oddly, they also published