Eye (magazine)

For the Toronto-based weekly see Eye Weekly.

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Eye Magazine, No 69, October 2008
Editor	John L. Walters
Frequency	Quarterly
First issue	1990 (1990-month)
Company	Eye Magazine Ltd.
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London, England
Language	English
Website	eyemagazine.com
ISSN	0960-779X

Eye magazine, the international review of graphic design, is a quarterly print magazine on graphic design and visual culture.

History

First published in London in 1990, Eye was founded by Rick Poynor, a prolific writer on graphic design and visual communication. Poynor edited the first twenty-four issues (1990-1997). Max Bruinsma was the second editor, editing issues 25–32 (1997–1999), before its current editor John L. Walters took over in 1999. Stephen Coates was art director for issues 1-26, Nick Bell was art director from issues 27-57, and Simon Esterson has been art director since issue 58.

Frequent contributors include Phil Baines, Steven Heller, Steve Hare, Richard Hollis, Robin Kinross, Jan Middendorp, J. Abbott Miller, John O’Reilly, Rick Poynor, Alice Twemlow, Kerry William Purcell, Steve Rigley, Adrian Shaughnessy, David Thompson, Christopher Wilson and many others.

Other contributors have included Nick Bell (creative director from issues 27-57), Gavin Bryars, Anne Burdick, Brendan Dawes, Simon Esterson (art director since issue 58), Malcolm Garrett, Anna Gerber, Jonathan Jones, Emily King, Ellen Lupton, Russell Mills, Quentin Newark, Tom Phillips, Robin Rimbaud, Stefan Sagmeister, Sue Steward, Erik Spiekermann, Teal Triggs, Val Williams and Judith Williamson.

The magazine has had five publishers: Wordsearch, Emap, Quantum Publishing, Haymarket Brand Media and Eye Magazine Ltd., formed in April 2008 after a management buyout.^[1]

List of issues

Following is a list of issues of Eye. Highlighted issues are special issues on typography.

Number	Volume	Date (on spine)	Editor	Art Director	Publisher	Contents (based on information given on spine and back cover)
Eye No. 1	Vol. 1	1990	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Wordsearch Ltd	Bruno Monguzzi, Television Graphics, Dutch PTT, Blue Note Records Covers, Eckhard Jung, The Cream,
Eye No. 2	Vol. 1	Winter 1991	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Wordsearch Ltd	Fortune Magazine, Jake Tilson, Jan van Toorn, Alan Fletcher, Typography Germany '90
Eye No. 3	Vol. 1	Spring 1991	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Wordsearch Ltd	Gerard Unger, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Willy Fleckhaus, 8vo, Pierre Bernard
Eye No. 4	Vol. 1	1991	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Wordsearch Ltd	Robert Brownjohn, Magazine Design, Henryk Tomaszewski, Wolfgang Weingart
Eye No. 5	Vol. 2	1991	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Wordsearch Ltd	Russell Mills, Grappa, Barbara Kruger, Design of Money, Japanese Manga, Geof Kern
Eye No. 6	Vol. 2	1992	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Wordsearch Ltd	Neville Brody, AIDS Posters, Barney Bubbles, Template Gothic, Rick Valicenti
Eye No. 7	Vol. 2	1992	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Wordsearch Ltd	Emigre, Fluxus, Digital Revolution in Type, Oz Cooper, Why Not Associates
Eye No. 8	Vol. 2	1993	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Wordsearch Ltd	Skolos Wedell, RAW Magazine, Quentin Fiore, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Post-Modernism
Eye No. 9	Vol. 3	1993	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Wordsearch Ltd	Max Bittrof, Derek Birdsall, Video Packaging, Roman Cieslewicz, Cult of the Ugly
Eye No. 10	Vol. 3	1993	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Wordsearch Ltd	Vaughan Oliver, Shinro Ohtake, Alexander Liberman, Alvin Lustig, Edward Wright
Eye No. 11	Vol. 3	1993	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Wordsearch Ltd	Jeffery Keedy, Word Art, Matthew Carter, FUEL Design, Karel Martens, Experimental Type
Eye No. 12	Vol. 3	1994	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Wordsearch Ltd	Malcolm Garrett, Karel Tiege, P. Scott Makela, Gaberbocchus Press, Douglas Brothers
Eye No. 13	Vol. 4	Summer 1994	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Emap Architecture	Anthon Beeke, Ladislav Sutnar, Tomato, Design for Society, Perfume Packaging, Irma Boom
Eye No. 14	Vol. 4	Autumn 1994	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Emap Architecture	Dan Friedman, Multimedia, Reverb, Andrzej Klimowski, Underground Matriarchy
Eye No. 15	Vol. 4	Winter 1994	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Emap Architecture	Bruce Mau, The Composing Room, Fuse, Mass-Market Style, Jonathan Barnbrook
Eye No. 16	Vol. 4	Spring 1995	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Emap Architecture	ECM Records, Katherine McCoy, Massin, Go-Faster Graphics, Ark Magazine, Criticism
Eye No. 17	Vol. 5	Summer 1995	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Emap Architecture	Cyan, Peter Saville, Digital Photography, Lucille Tenazas, Advertising, New Dutch Sobriety
Eye No. 18	Vol. 5	Autumn 1995	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Emap Construct	Cipe Pineles, Fabien Baron, Style, Erik Spiekermann, Book Covers, Johanna Drucker
Eye No. 19	Vol. 5	Winter 1995	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Emap Construct	Studio Dumbar, Brand Mythology, Josef Muller-Brockmann, David Crow, Pierre Faucheux
Eye No. 20	Vol. 5	Spring 1996	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Emap Construct	Amy Guip, Graphic Authorship, Tibor Kalman, Concrete Poetry, Lars Muller, Fashion
Eye No. 21	Vol. 6	Summer 1996	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Emap Construct	Me Company, Annual Reports, Peter Greenaway, Design for Classical Music, Sue Coe
Eye No. 22	Vol. 6	Autumn 1996	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Emap Construct	Cornel Windlin, The Big Idea, Dan Fern, Art Catalogues, The Dumbing-Down of Design
Eye No. 23	Vol. 6	Winter 1996	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Emap Construct	David James, W.A. Dwiggins, Edward Fella’s Sketchbooks, Pierre di Sciullo, Hans-Rudolf Lutz
Eye No. 24	Vol. 6	Spring 1997	Rick Poynor	Stephen Coates	Emap Construct	Mark Farrow, Uwe Loesch, Babe Culture, Body Modernism, Michael Bierut, Lester Beall
Eye No. 25	Vol. 7	Summer 1997	Max Bruinsma	Stephen Coates	Emap Construct	Paul Elliman, The Aesthetics of Transience, Milton Glaser, Croatia, Willem Sandberg
Eye No. 26	Vol. 7	Autumn 1997	Max Bruinsma	Stephen Coates	Quantum Publishing	Graphic Scores, Gunter Rambow, Web Interfaces, Mieke Gerritzen, Picture Magazines
Eye No. 27	Vol. 7	Spring 1998	Max Bruinsma	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	The Endless Library, Funny Garbage, Erik Nitsche, Artists’ Books, Gerard Paris-Clavel
Eye No. 28	Vol. 7	Summer 1998	Max Bruinsma	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Post Tool, The Architectural Review, Opaque Icons, Museum of the Ordinary, Wired
Eye No. 29	Vol. 8	Autumn 1998	Max Bruinsma	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Lawrence Weiner, Oliviero Toscani, George Luis, Germano Facetti, Design Is Advertising #1
Eye No. 30	Vol. 8	Winter 1998	Max Bruinsma	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	James Victore, General Idea, Terry Jones, Computer Games, Design Is Advertising #2
Eye No. 31	Vol. 8	Spring 1999	Max Bruinsma	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Typographica, Designers in LA, Illustration, Browsers That Think, Adrian Frutiger
Eye No. 32	Vol. 8	Summer 1999	Max Bruinsma	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Piet Schreuders, Pablo Ferro, Muller+Hess, Wittgenstein’s Typography, Robin Fior
Eye No. 33	Vol. 9	Autumn 1999	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	First Things First 2000, Pop Music Art, Bob Gill, Type: Static Page and Moving Screen, Punk
Eye No. 34	Vol. 9	Winter 1999	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Public Realm: Road Signs by Kinneir Calvert, Non-Place, Jean Widmer, Surface Wreckage
Eye No. 35	Vol. 9	Spring 2000	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Peter Blake, Complex Simplicity, Sister Corita Kent, Return of the Picture, Makoto Saito
Eye No. 36	Vol. 9	Summer 2000	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Design Publishing, Fernando Gutierrez, Magazines, Lorraine Wild, Underground Press
Eye No. 37	Vol. 10	Autumn 2000	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	John Maeda, Dance Scores, Open-Air Letterforms: Brossa, Subirachs, 8vo, Nigel Grierson
Eye No. 38	Vol. 10	Winter 2000	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Tenth Anniversary, Duchamp/Hamilton, Reduction, Mau, Self Expression/Promotion
Eye No. 39	Vol. 10	Spring 2001	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Graphic Thought Facility, Movie Titles, www.self, No. 17, Envisaging Soundscapes
Eye No. 40	Vol. 10	Summer 2001	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	The New Yorker, Times Classic, Gerard Unger, Digital Type Decade, Why Helvetica?
Eye No. 41	Vol. 11	Autumn 2001	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Wheel Charts, Mistakes, Graphic Hate, Inspiration, Neville Garrick, Right On!
Eye No. 42	Vol. 11	Winter 2001	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Print & Paper, Day-Glo Mind Blow, Stephen Byram, Uncoated, Alienation Sells!
Eye No. 43	Vol. 11	Spring 2002	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Overprinting, Zuzana Licko, Designing Heroes, The Shape of the Heart, Lolita
Eye No. 44	Vol. 11	Summer 2002	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Newspaper Design, Joe Sacco, Cute Culture, Herbert Spencer, New York Times
Eye No. 45	Vol. 12	Autumn 2002	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Chris Ware, OpenType, Jean-François Porchez, Athens, J. Abbott Miller
Eye No. 46	Vol. 12	Winter 2002	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Australian Graphic Design, Inkahoots, Political Posters, Mambo, Stephen Banham
Eye No. 47	Vol. 12	Spring 2003	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Cool Stuff, Hoofdletters, Lists, Overprinting, Maira Kalman
Eye No. 48	Vol. 12	Summer 2003	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Retro-Sexism, Nelson Mandela’s Face, Robert Crumb, Racist Mexican Advertising, David King
Eye No. 49	Vol. 13	Autumn 2003	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Laptop Aesthetics, Angela Lorenz, Conference Madness, Mushroom Clouds
Eye No. 50	Vol. 13	Winter 2003	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Typography, Frantisek Storm, Abbar, Marlene McCarty, Comics & Art, Marjane Satrapi
Eye No. 51	Vol. 13	Spring 2004	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Michael Light, Photography Books, Walter Pamminger, Palestinian Posters, Stefan Lorant
Eye No. 52	Vol. 13	Summer 2004	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Moire, Ladybird Books, Safety Posters, Health Campaigns, Design in India, Legibility
Eye No. 53	Vol. 14	Autumn 2004	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Brand Madness, Identities for Sealand & Liechtenstein, Cal Schenkel, Open, Romek Marber
Eye No. 54	Vol. 14	Winter 2004	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Jonathan Hoefler & Tobias Frere-Jones, Berlin, Excoffon’s Autograph, Lisbon, Monty Python
Eye No. 55	Vol. 14	Spring 2005	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Quantum Publishing	Paul Davis, Found Photography, Loving the Internet, The Power of Caricature, Copyleft
Eye No. 56	Vol. 14	Summer 2005	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Haymarket	Ishihara’s Vision Tests, Mexico 68, Brazilian Tags, GDR “Paradise”, Mumbai’s Dabbawallas
Eye No. 57	Vol. 15	Autumn 2005	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Haymarket	Science & Design, Tokyo TDC, Letterpress, Alan Aldridge & The Beatles, Books for Children
Eye No. 58	Vol. 15	Winter 2005	John L. Walters	Nick Bell	Haymarket	The Decriminalisation of Ornament, Toffe, Custom Type in Sheffield, George Hardie, Blickfang
Eye No. 59	Vol. 15	Spring 2006	John L. Walters	Simon Esterson	Haymarket	Relational Aesthetics, Richard Hollis, Unsung Type Heroes, Cyrus Highsmith, Ads for Lads
Eye No. 60	Vol. 15	Summer 2006	John L. Walters	Simon Esterson	Haymarket	Alex McDowell, Motion Graphics, Jeff Scher, Penrose, Scriptographer
Eye No. 61	Vol. 16	Autumn 2006	John L. Walters	Simon Esterson	Haymarket	Exhibition Design, Magazine Art Direction, Jop van Bennekom, Bazooka, MySpace
Eye No. 62	Vol. 16	Winter 2006	John L. Walters	Simon Esterson	Haymarket	Eric Olson & Process, Nazi Type, Swash Caps, Motif Magazine, Character Design
Eye No. 63	Vol. 16	Spring 2007	John L. Walters	Simon Esterson	Haymarket	Creative Music Design, Good Magazine, Modernist Argentina, Ethics, Surrealism and Graphics
Eye No. 64	Vol. 16	Summer 2007	John L. Walters	Simon Esterson	Haymarket	Typography Special, Andrea Tinnes, Decodeunicode, Theo Ballmer, Le Gun
Eye No. 65
Eye No. 66
Eye No. 67
Eye No. 68
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Eye No. 70
Eye No. 71
Eye No. 72
Eye No. 73
Eye No. 74
Eye No. 75
Eye No. 76 ^[2]

References

↑ Press release from Haymarket, April 2008.
↑ Eyemagazine.com

Sources

Eye, Nos. 1–12, edited by Rick Poynor, Wordsearch Ltd, London, 1991–1994.
Eye, Nos. 13–17, edited by Rick Poynor, Emap Architecture, London, 1994–1995.
Eye, Nos. 18–24, edited by Rick Poynor, Emap Construct, London, 1995–1997.
Eye, No. 25, edited by Max Bruinsma, Emap Construct, London, 1997.
Eye, Nos. 26–32, edited by Max Bruinsma, Quantum Publishing, London, 1997–1999.
Eye, Nos. 33–55, edited by John L. Walters, Quantum Publishing, London, 1999–2005.
Eye, Nos. 56–66, edited by John L. Walters, Haymarket Brand Media, London, 2005–2008.
Eye, Nos. 67–69, edited by John L. Walters, Eye Magazine Ltd., London, 2008.

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