Published by Eye Magazine Limited, 2011 London. Designers and clients. 4ºM (30×24 cm) 104 págs. Rústica ilustrada. Cubierta algo deslucida. Muy buen estado general. OPINION – Editorial Eye 81, John L. Walters. Designers and clients special issue. – The list goes on. Rick Poynor. Umberto Eco’s book The Infinity of Lists is erudite, informative and beautifully crafted: a contemporary Wunderkammer. Critique by Rick Poynor FEATURES – Reputations: John McConnell. John L. Walters. ‘By wanting to be intelligent, it usually gets simpler and simpler. The creative process is paring back all the time. If you can’t defend it, get rid of it.That’s what turns me on. How simple can you make it? Usually, «creativity» means showing off to your peer group, and creativity without intelligence is as dumb as it comes.’ – The far side. Chris Maillard. Clients can seem stubborn, ignorant, wilful and slow, yet some build a relationship of strong mutual respect with design practices. – Case studies. Chris Maillard. Case studies from Chris Maillard’s article ‘The far side’ – What the client needs. Alexander Ecob, Eye critics US designer George Tscherny talks about his 56 years working with the School of Visual Arts. – In the neighbourhood. John Ridpath profiles three design practices who work with local clients: Maddison Graphic; Mark Gowing Design; and Bigger Than Giants – Trust in Modernism. Jim Northover. The John Lewis Partnership’s co-operative ethos has informed 50 years of corporate identity. – Symbols and survival. In their forthcoming book, the partners tell some of the stories behind their work for clients such as Chase Manhattan, Mobil, Pan Am, Time Warner and the Smithsonian – The shape of a pocket. Rick Poynor. In 1960s France, Henry Cohen’s inventive photographic covers made Gallimard’s Idées series required reading. – Bare bones of the revolution. Karla Hammer. Richard Pare’s photographs of Russian architecture strike up a dialogue with a time of energy and optimism. – Teaching in the spaces between code and design. Jürg Lehni on the lessons of his Applied Scriptographer Research, carried out with Jonathan Puckey at ECAL REVIEWS – Biophilia – LDN-Redux – The Serving Library – Postcards of the Wiener Werkstätte: A Catalogue – Raisonné: Selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection – 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