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Eye, Issue 081, Autumn 2011

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Designers and clients special issues.
The list goes on by Rick Poynor
Reputations: John McConnell by John L. Walters
Case studies: Chris Maillard
What the client needs by Alexander Ecob, Eye critics
In the neighbourhood by John Ridpath
Trust in Modernism by Jim Northover
Symbols and survival
The shape of a pocket by Rick Poynor
Bare bones of the revolution by Karla Hammer
Teaching in the spaces between code and design by Jürg Lehni
Reviews:
Biophilia, LDN-Redux, The Serving Library, Kurt Schwitters: A Journey Through Art, Kenneth Anger, The Poster King, Ready to Print: Handbook for Media Designers, SVK, Windows on the War: Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945, Not a Toy: Fashioning Radical Characters, A5 / 05: Lufthansa and Graphic Design: Visual History of an Airline, How to disappear, Composition No. 1, Graphic Design: Now in Production, The Lost Album: A Visual History of 1950s Britain

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Year: 2011
  • Size: 236mm x 298mm

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Eye, Issue 081, Autumn 2011
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