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Reputations: Malcolm Garrett by Rick Poynor
‘I figure it’s my job to be this kind of blinkered believer. You know: I am the new futurist, I will live in the technological world.’
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention by Eye writers
The maverick composer’s album covers, by assorted hands, were provocative examples of rock art
P. Scott Makela is wired by Michael Rock
Does Minneapolis-based Makela’s electro-futurism embody the end of the 1980s or a new avant-garde?
We are a camera by Philippe Garner
The Douglas Brothers would much rather see their photographs in a magazine than on a gallery wall
Experiments in publishing by Nick Wadley
Stefan and Franciszka Themerson’s Gaberbocchus Press was founded on the conviction that all the books they conceived together, wrote, designed and published should be “best-lookers.”
The game of art by Koosje Sierman
Graphic design was just one of the tools Karel Teige used to advance his vision of a new Czech society
Small, mobile, intelligent units by Liz Farrelly
Eye talks to young French designers who reject the atelier system and prefer to go it alone
The education of Young Design by Edward McDonald
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Graphic Agitation: Social and Political graphics Since the Sixties

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Eye, Issue 012, Spring 1994
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Paul Rand, one of the most acclaimed American designers is known for his iconic corporate identities, playful illustration and commercial art. Paul wrote the preface for Yusaku Kamakura's book, Trademarks of the World, 1958. He states his influence of Japanese art and design, trademarks as a universal language and his struggles with English grammar.
Parallel Public is a new publication by Sara Blaylock, published by MIT Press. The book documents the East German artists pioneering work that made their country’s experimental art scene a form of (counter) public life.

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Forward and a selection of poster designs entered to the Die besten Plakate des Jahres 1963. Featuring the work of Hans Hartmann, Jörg Hamburger, Jost Hochuli, and Armin Hofmann.
Why Graphic Culture Matters is a compilation of 46 thought-provoking essays by renowned design critic Rick Poynor, delving into the realms of art, design, and visual communication.