Peter Biľak speaks with Mark Thomson about his beginnings, running a type foundry, magazines, print media in general, modern dance and typography. This interview appeared in Eye magazine No.75, Spring 2010 in the Reputations series.

Third in the heavily subsidised series ‘Graphic design in the Netherlands’, Jan van Toorn, Critical Practice takes on the difficult task of exploring and striving to elucidate the work of Jan van Toorn (JvT), a designer who is not always clear about his intentions, who makes frequent use of inexplicable images and text, and whose work is often described with concepts such as ‘alienation’, ‘incomprehensibility’, ‘defamiliarisation’, ‘digressions’ and ‘intrusion’.

The second chapter of Emily King’s doctoral thesis which focuses on typeface design in the United States, England and the Netherlands between 1987 and 1997.

The fourth chapter of Emily King’s doctoral thesis which focuses on typeface design in the United States, England and the Netherlands between 1987 and 1997.

A collection of Robert Crumb’s lesser known work spanning three decades gives credence to Steven Heller's claim that Crumb is the god of comics. Heller also gives a bit of background to the New York/US counterculture that Crumb fed with his racy work.

Peter Biľak speaks with Mark Thomson about his beginnings, running a type foundry, magazines and printed matter, modern dance and typography. This interview appeared in Eye magazine No.75, Spring 2010 in the Reputations series.

Designer, art director, writer. Art Director of Taschen 1993–97; Director of International Design UK/Principal of Mark Thomson Design 1998&ndash...

Design critic and writer. He founded Eye magazine,the international review of graphic communication, and edited it from 1990 to 1997. He has writte...

Self-trained designer. He has taught graphic design at the Central St. Martins School of Art; the University of East London; the University of Texas a...

Independent design writer and critic. His critical writings have featured regularly in major Dutch art and design journals and in a range of internati...