UK-published Eye is the publication you should just happen to have stacked in the bathroom if you want to impress your graphic design friends. The beautifully-produced issues never disappoint; the latest issue includes a review by David Womack of the MoMA Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition website, an article on eye strain and, of course, there’s always founding editor Rick Poynor’s provocative column. Last Friday, Haymarket Media Group announced that it would be releasing ownership of Eye to its esteemed editor John L. Walters, a fairly rare move for a design mag (they’re much more likely to get gobbled by conglomerates). Besides moving offices to Hoxton Square (which he says is in Shoreditch, London’s “design gulch”), John tells me that the first order of business is taking care of business:
Making sure the readers and subscribers and advertisers know we’re very serious, and that there’s no interruption to service…we’re using the same distributors, and the website is hosted externally, so many things don’t need to change.
And yes, there are some small, medium and big plans, including more special issues (the latest is a type special, which also features Marian Bantjes on Origami and Keith Miller on Robert Polidori), but I’ll leave details of those for my next monthly editorial email.
Which, if you don’t already get (and you should), you can sign up for here. I especially love them because he signs each one “Be seeing you.” Get it?
