Design + Politics

Godless Utopia or Imaginative Blasphemy? The Anti-Religious Posters of the Soviet Union

Most of us have heard the Karl Marx description of religion as “the opium of the people,” yet we have…

Design + Politics

Godless Utopia or Imaginative Blasphemy? The Anti-Religious Posters of the Soviet Union

The previously unseen images that promoted atheism against the belief of religion as “the opium of the people”

Words by
Emily Gosling

Published on
October 21st, 2019

Design Diary

An Instagram Account for Feminist Design Teaching Resources, A New Catalog On Two Legendary CalArts Programs + More

Plus, a new issue of Danish Art magazine AF Art designed by Studio Jetzt-immer, the Printing Plant Art Book Fair…

Op-ed

Overheard on Design Twitter: Greta Thunberg’s Grotesk Font, Mitt Romney’s 2020 Bid, Musicians Commissioning Spec Work + More

There are more forums for conversation than ever before—Podcasts! Social media! Slack! Secret Slack!—and while it’s great that everyone is…

Poster Picks

The Over-the-Top Artistry of Ghana’s Painted Movie Posters

As part of her preparation for a new exhibition of vintage hand-painted Ghanain movie posters, Poster House chief curator Angelina…

Design + Education

Design Education is Moving Toward Specialization—Can Colleges Keep Up?

This story is part of a series that explores the results of the 2019 Design Census. Read the first story,…

Type Tuesday

Sometimes the Best Typefaces Come Out of Never-Realized Brand Identities

Name: Cako Designer: Jérémy Schneider Foundry: VJ Type (Violaine & Jérémy) Release Date: September 2019 Back Story: The sure-handed, lighthearted work of Parisian designers…

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Design + Money

“Epically Long”—How Pentagram Chooses Its New Partners

For many of us, the intersection of brands and data brings to mind issues of privacy; it can stir up…

Design + Gender

We Surveyed Gender Equality at the World’s Biggest Design Conferences—and the Numbers Are In

In early 2018, a designer posted on Facebook that only around one-third of the speakers at Brno’s International Biennial of…

Op-ed

The Design Industry Needs to Take a Stand Against Free Pitching

Sarah Boris is an award winning graphic designer and art director based in London, where since 2015 she has run…

Design History 101

The Cost of Free Love and the Designers Who Bore It—Meet the Women of Psychedelic Design

“If I hear the phrase ‘Summer of Love’ one more time, I will scream,” says Louise Sandhaus from her design…

Design + Mental Health

We Need to Talk About How We Talk About Creativity and Mental Health

When I started on this series of Design + Mental Health features, I’d assumed it would be fairly straightforward: I…

Branding

How Rated Rookie, Baseball’s Favorite Logo, Stood the Test of Time

About a decade ago, a designer at trading card giant Panini America was tasked with performing a resurrection. The goal…

Books

In Defense of Beautiful Design

Ask the nearest designer for an example of good design, and they’ll mostly likely name drop some big brand logos,…

Design + Sexuality

Sex Sells, Just Not When It Comes to Branding Women’s Pleasure

This year at AIGA’s Design Conference, industrial designer Ti Chang shared how she’s built her career around designing for social…

Op-ed

Designers, Please Pay Your Interns

I teach design at a public university in the American south. I also serve as the internship coordinator, connecting students…

Design + Politics

What Does It Mean to Decolonize Design?

“Decolonization” is a word we’re increasingly hearing at design events, often being used interchangeably with “diversity.” It’s important to emphasize…

Illustration

Cool But Not Trendy, Both Eastern and Western—Chau Luong’s Work is a Lesson in Originality

“Cool” illustration and design work is two a penny, and I’m the first to admit I’m a sucker for it.…

Design Diary

Celebrating the Sumptuous Typography of Soccer History, Praline’s Smart and Inclusive Campaign for Art on the Underground + More

Also in this week’s Design Diary, our roundup of projects, events, and general design-world-news, we bring you some lovely lettering…

Typography

All the Questions Our Parents Asked While Watching Netflix’s Abstract With Type Designer Jonathan Hoefler

Early in his episode of Abstract, the Netflix series about design, Jonathan Hoefler describes the act of type design as…

Books

Here’s an Idea—Only Take on Freelance Work You’d Want to Do at 1 a.m.

If you talk to Matt Dorfman, there’s a solid chance music might come up—from his solo design practice, Metalmother, named…

Type Tuesday

A Typeface Homage to the City That Provided a Safe Haven After Chernobyl

Name: Misto Designer: Katerina Korolevtseva Release Date: September 2019 Back Story: Graphic designer Katerina Korolevtseva designed Misto as a capstone…

Design + Music

How Groundbreaking Design Weirdness Transformed Record Label United Artists, Against All Odds

Chances are, if you know the name United Artists, it’sbecause it’s the production company synonymous with movies like Rocky, Raging…

Eye on Design City Guide: Mumbai

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Mumbai’s Graphic Design Education Has a Lot of Catching Up To Do

This is the second piece in our series that weighs the pros and cons of living and working in Mumbai’s…

Eye on Design City Guides

Mumbai’s Growing Creative Scene is Luring in Graphic Designers

Following in the footsteps of our London City Guide, this is the first in a new series that weighs the…

Eye on Design City Guides

The Realities of Running a Design Studio in Mumbai

This is the third piece in our series that weighs the pros and cons of living and working in Mumbai’s creative…

Eye on Design City Guides

Being a Mumbai Type Designer is About More Than Great Work—You Gotta Get the Lingos, and There’s Hundreds of Them

This is the third piece in our series that weighs the pros and cons of living and working in Mumbai’s creative…

Design Diary

A Design-Led Publication in Support of Migrant Children, the Brilliant Typo Posters Lost to History + More

Plus, new 3D illustration work from Simoul Alva for the New York Times, beautiful branding for a Mexico City restaurant,…

Design + Money

The Trick to Recession-proofing Your Design Practice? Try Something New

This story is the first in a series that explores the results of the 2019 Design Census. In 2008, Katie…

Design + Education

Elizabeth Carey Smith on Running the Ultimate “Summer Camp for Type Nerds”

Elizabeth Carey Smith is a creative director whose focus is on furthering the overlap of New York’s type designers, art…

Type Tuesday

An Oddball Loudspeaker of a Font, Revived After Being Presumed Lost to History

Name: Lautsprecher DJR Designer: David Jonathan Ross Release date: September 1, 2019 Back Story: Lautsprecher DJR is a revival of…

Design + Art

What Is it About The Simpsons That Designers and Illustrators Can’t Get Enough Of?

Once you start, you can’t help but see them everywhere when it comes to the design and illustration world: the…

Happy Hour

Three Boisterous Beers and an Elegant Wine Thrown in for Good Measure

Welcome back to Happy Hour, the time of the month where we take a moment to admire the best in…

Design + Education

Parsons’ E Roon Kang on Graphic Design as a “Structure for Knowledge”

E Roon Kang lives and works in New York, where he operates the interdisciplinary design and research studio Math Practice,…

Design + Education

What Does “Queering Design Education” Actually Look Like in Practice?

Nicole Killian is an artist and graphic designer whose work “investigates how the structures of the internet, mobile messaging, and…

Design + Education

Graduating in Vulnerable Times Calls for Radical Schools—and Students

Rebecca Wright isn’t one to shy away from big questions. As co-founder of the publishing, curation, and design advocacy organization…

Design + Education

Design Legend Gail Anderson Answers Your Questions About Where Designers Should Live, Racism in the Workplace + Creating Social Impact

As the 2018 recipient of the Cooper Hewitt’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Gail Anderson (a 2008 AIGA Medalist) has once again…

Design + Education

Elizabeth White on Teaching for the “Whole Student”

Elizabeth White is an interdisciplinary artist and educator. Her work explores “social, psychological, and political themes including maintenance and self-preservation;…

Design + Education

Nontsikelelo Mutiti on Interrogating the Euro-centric Design Canon

Nontsikelelo Mutiti is a Zimbabwe-born interdisciplinary artist and educator who works across fine art, design, and social practice. Mutiti co-founded…

Design Diary

No. 265: Ace Design Work for the New Hot Chip Album, KesselsKramer and Anthony Burrill Create a (Digital) Book to Help the Amazon Fire Disaster + More

Plus, a cute Matisse-leaning festival identity, Warriors studio’s identity for Graphic Design Festival Scotland 2019, and new branding for Duolingo.…

Graphic design

The Futuristic Gleam of “Liquid Metal” is Everywhere Right Now—Here’s Why

Welcome to Spotted, Eye on Design’s new column that turns an eye (ahem) on the styles and graphic trends you’re…

Design + Education

The Designer-led Summer School Where the Students Are the Teachers

This is the first installment in a series of articles that each focus on a summer school, residency, or alternate…

Design + Money

A Graphic Designer’s Guide to Copyright

Very often, the last thing that creative people want to concern themselves with is the nuances of copyright law. Determining…

Typography

Which Typeface Are You, Really?

Reckon you’re a hip, young, variable thing—spontaneous and wild—but really, deep down, you’re an old, Modernist soul that likes everything…

Design + Diversity

Can Channeling Ancient Energy Into Posters Make You Feel Something About Graphic Design Again?

For some people their introduction to “shamanism” is during a spring break trip gone bad that leaves them barfing into…

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