John is part of the panel discussion “Publishers in graphic design & typography.”
John L. Walters is the editor and co-owner of Eye, the international review of graphic design, which celebrates eighteen years of independence in 2026. Walters has written extensively about graphic design and culture, and has co-hosted more than 50 Eye Type Tuesday events at St Bride Foundation in London. He also edits Pulp journal for Italian paper company Fedrigoni. Originally a maths/physics graduate, Walters founded electrojazzpop group Landscape and worked as a composer, arranger and record producer before launching award-winning CD journal Unknown Public with Laurence Aston. He also wrote a music column for The Guardian. Walters is the author of Alan Kitching: A Life in Letterpress (2016) and has won three ‘Editor of the Year’ BSME awards. He has edited Pulp since 2014 and Eye since 1999.
Note: Work presented below are to present John L. Walters activities as editor, author not as designer. Covers of Eye magazines designed by Esterson Associates or Nick Bell Design, and the cover to Alan Kitching: A Life in Letterpress, cover design by Alan Kitching.
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