The first Eye forum took place on Thursday 23 November 2006 at the RSA, John Adam St., London from 6.30 to 9pm. A full house (200 people) listened to four five-minute presentations by four speakers, chaired by Ken Garland. The individual presentations were followed by a panel discussion that led quickly to questions from the floor (which gave rise to some additional ‘burning issues’). Our thanks to everyone who took part.
The four issues were as follows:
‘Design is not a solution’ by Mark Thomson
‘Being good’ by Lucienne Roberts
‘Brand madness’ by Nick Bell
‘Saying NO!’ by Dan Eatock
About the participants
Mark Thomson, corporate design director, HarperCollins; art director, Collins.
Mark recently masterminded a major typographic rebranding of Collins publishing. He was also art director of Taschen in the mid-90s, introducing Scala Sans as the corporate type. From 1998 to 2003 he was principal of London-based International Design UK.
Lucienne Roberts, designer, sans+baum
Lucienne, inspired by the political engagement of the early Modernists, has always worked in the areas loosely defined as political and social. She is best known for her work within the arts and the third sector, and wrote and designed Drip-dry shirts: the evolution of the graphic designer (AVA).
Nick Bell, Nick Bell Design
Nick was creative director of Eye magazine from 1997-2005 and has won several awards for his work on the exhibitions Sparking Reaction (Sellafield) and the Cabinet War Rooms, London.
Daniel Eatock, artist, graphic designer
Dan was a co-founder of Foundation 33, where one of his first projects was the logo design for Big Brother. He divides his time between self-initiated projects and client work, establishing Eatock Ltd in 2005.
chair: Ken Garland, designer, author and photographer
Ken is the doyen of British graphic designers. His clients have included Galt Toys, CND, Design magazine and the Arts Council. He initiated the First Things First manifesto in 1964; this has since been updated as First Things First 2000 (see Eye no. 33 vol. 9). In recent years he has concentrated on photography, with several books and four one-person shows in the past six years.
Event sponsored by Adobe and The Paper Company
Event promoted by Eye: the international review of graphic design
Editor: John L. Walters
Art director: Simon Esterson, Esterson Associates
Commercial manager: Victoria McDougall
Publisher: Rachael Stilwell
Eye is published quarterly by Haymarket Brand Media
Next issue: Eye no. 62 vol. 16 out in December
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