When Lesley Carter*, 26, first saw the salaries listed in the Graphic Design Salary Transparency Spreadsheet in January 2020, she…
Two things about capitalism: graphic design is totally bound up with it; and it really has to end. You won’t…
In an episode of the beloved animated 1960s sci-fi sitcom The Jetsons, Mrs. Jetson decides that housework is becoming too…
In the United States, the presence of the universal recycling icon on a product might lead an unassuming consumer to…
This op-ed was collaboratively penned by Design Action Collective and Partner & Partners. Design Action Collective is a cooperative design…
The late Ken Garland’s First Things First manifesto, written in 1963 on the spur of the moment during a public…
In the South Bronx in the 1970s, hip-hop culture was just beginning to form at large musical gatherings called jams.…
Beatriz González eschews labels like “pop artist” and “political artist,” which must be tiresome since most people’s first reaction to…
There’s a quote, perhaps apocryphal, from Massimo Vignelli that you’ll sometimes hear from alumni of Cranbrook Academy of Art’s design…
Code is a tool—a string of numbers, glyphs, and letters that when arranged in a particular order can be wielded…
I met Bahia Shehab about a year ago at a conference on contemporary Arab graphic design in New York. A…
The best fashion magazines are often the ones that transport readers to other worlds. It’s not just about the clothes…
For the organizers of Afrophon’, a recent art book fair in LUMA Arles, France centering contemporary independent publishing from the…
This story is part of our Weekend Reads series, where we highlight a story we love from the archives. It…
In 1966, Scott Paper Co., an American company that made a range of paper products, released an advertisement for their…
Like Go-Gurt before it, the playful ethos of olive oil brand Graza, which launched earlier this year, is defined by…
Café Royal Books is a one-man print archive of culture, community, and social change based in Southport, UK. This impressive…
You probably don’t need me to tell you that the publishing world is a tough business. While the internet —…
Name: Good Girl Designer: Marion Bisserier Foundry: Type Department Release Date: July 2022 Back Story: We don’t often run ‘sequels’…
Designers aren’t created in a vacuum. They’re shaped by their environments and the people around them, and it’s through mentorship…
When you work at a print publication, it’s easy to get fatigued by years of conversations about the death of…
It was only 50 cents. But it was 50 cents that perhaps changed the look of pop culture as we…
How do you draw inspiration from the past without slavishly mimicking it? We put the question to Shawn Hazen of…
It’s a dream playground for lovers of graphic design: rare periodicals like Massimo Vignelli’s brand manual for the New York…
Judging by the volume and polish of his work, it’s easy to forget that the talented French designer Maxime Francout…
Following the monochrome cover of issue five, The Gourmand returns with a blast of color on a pair of matching…
As editorial director at AIGA, I keep tabs on all the design news (so you don’t have to) and bring you…
In his seminal 1972 book, A Significance for A&P Parking Lots, or Learning from Las Vegas, architect Robert Venturi, along with Scott Brown…
“Its main characteristic is that it doesn’t stay the same,” says Jim Munson, CEO and president of the Brooklyn Roasting…
Shane Mielke is something of a unicorn in the digital design world. An exceptional developer and designer, he (amazingly) got…
“Sleeping with your Partner: They Wanted Beds, Beds They Got, an Exclusive Eyewitness Account of the Steamiest Conference Session Ever”…
The sophisticated design world created by Loriane Montaner and Fanny Durand of French graphic design collective YAY is built as much on…
