Jessica Helfand
Recent articles by Jessica Helfand
Squaring the circle
Issue 41, Autumn 2001
Paper wheel charts suggest a new way to display complex information
First Things First Manifesto 2000
Issue 33, Autumn 1999
Thirty-three visual communicators renew the 1964 call for a change of priorities
The big reveal: theatrical typography
Issue 40, Summer 2001
Website choreography lets characters sing, dance and roll over, but you can learn several lessons…
Because they’re big
Issue 36, Summer 2000
As big businesses get bigger and broader and more ubiquitous, their vision often becomes…
Television did it first
Issue 26, Autumn 1997
Ten myths and misconceptions about the so-called ‘new’ media
The myth of real time
Issue 22, Autumn 1996
In her first report, Eye’s new media columnist asks why, when it comes to time, we equate ‘real’…
Freedom in the graphic galaxy
Issue 39, Spring 2001
Minimalism. Maximalism. Chaos. Software advances plus a reconciliation of two strains of Modernism…
You are under our control
Issue 28, Summer 1998
Design, technology and psychology conspire to find new ways of teasing and fraying the passive…
Geometry is never wrong
Issue 24, Spring 1997
The ‘exact beauty’ of De Stijl could provide cyberspace with a new set of design co-ordinates.
Multiple choices
Issue 30, Winter 1998
All the news from every angle that fits your personal agenda: surfing the shlockwave of a…
We know who you are . . .
Issue 29, Autumn 1998
Media surveillance, statistics and the modern spectator
White space, silent thoughts
Issue 33, Autumn 1999
Visual data is often all we need: sound can divert the mind from interpretation, from completing…