John L. Walters

John L. Walters is a former member of the band Landscape. Walters subsequently produced records for Swans Way, Kissing the Pink, Twelfth Night, The Mike Gibbs Orchestra and pianist Mark Springer. From 1987-96 Walters was a member of the ‘electronic jazz orchestra’ Zyklus, with Neil Ardley, Warren Greveson and Ian Carr. In 1997, after working for the "Architectural Review" as acting production editor, he joined "Eye" magazine as managing editor, and subsequently became its editor. He holds a degree in Maths with Physics from King's College London.

UP editor

In 1992, with Laurence Aston, he co-founded the audio journal Unknown Public [http://www.unknownpublic.com] , and is also its editor.

Eye editor

Since 1999 Walters has been the editor of "Eye". [http://www.eyemagazine.com/home.php] "Eye" was founded in 1990 by Rick Poynor. The second editor of "Eye" was Max Bruinsma. Walters has been editor since Eye no. 33.

See here [http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/eye-in-focus-an-interview-with-john-walters] for an interview with Walters conducted by graphic design writer and critic Steve Heller.

Music journalism

Walters also writes about creative music (jazz, electronica, world music, etc.) for The Guardian.

References

* "Merz to Emigre and Beyond:" Avant-Garde Magazine Design of the Twentieth Century, Steven Heller, Phaidon, 2003.
* "The Barnbrook Bible", Rizzolli, 2007.
* "Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design", Michael Bierut, Princeton Architectural Press, 2007.
* "Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design since the Sixties", Rick Poynor (editor), Laurence King Publishing, 2004.
* "Guinness Book of British Hit Singles" 7th Edition - 1988
* " [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0851126197/ Guinness Book of British Hit Albums] " 1st Edition - 1982
* [http://www.geocities.com/teri_toye/landscape3.html Peacock Rock]
* [http://www.geocities.com/teri_toye/landscape4.html New Sounds New Styles] , 1981. Layout by John Warwicker.
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/John+L.+Walters John L. Walters discography.]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Landscape Landscape discography.]
* "Jazz: the Rough Guide" (2nd edition). The Rough Guides, 2000. ISBN 1-85828-528-3
*2004: "The Rough Guide to Jazz" with Digby Fairweather & Brian Priestley (3rd edition) Rough Guides Limited. ISBN 1-84353-256-5
* "Out Of The Long Dark" The Life Of Ian Carr, Alyn Shipton, Equinox Publishing, 2006. ISBN-10 (Paperback) 1845532228 ISBN-13 (Paperback) 9781845532222
* "The Penguin Guide to Jazz" on CD, LP & Cassette, Richard Cook and Brian Morton, Penguin Books.
* [http://www.bsme.com/awards/past.asp?Year=2002 BSME (British Society of Magazine Editors) award-winners, 2002.]

External links

* [http://www.eyemagazine.com Eyemagazine.com website]
* [http://www.unknownpublic.com/writing/ Unknownpublic.com website, writing section]