I teach design at a public university in the American south. I also serve as the internship coordinator, connecting students…
In early 2018, a designer posted on Facebook that only around one-third of the speakers at Brno’s International Biennial of…
For many of us, the intersection of brands and data brings to mind issues of privacy; it can stir up…
“If I hear the phrase ‘Summer of Love’ one more time, I will scream,” says Louise Sandhaus from her design…
Ask the nearest designer for an example of good design, and they’ll mostly likely name drop some big brand logos,…
This year at AIGA’s Design Conference, industrial designer Ti Chang shared how she’s built her career around designing for social…
Sarah Boris is an award winning graphic designer and art director based in London, where since 2015 she has run…
About a decade ago, a designer at trading card giant Panini America was tasked with performing a resurrection. The goal…
“Decolonization” is a word we’re increasingly hearing at design events, often being used interchangeably with “diversity.” It’s important to emphasize…
When I started on this series of Design + Mental Health features, I’d assumed it would be fairly straightforward: I…
This is the second piece in our series that weighs the pros and cons of living and working in Mumbai’s…
Following in the footsteps of our London City Guide, this is the first in a new series that weighs the…
This is the third piece in our series that weighs the pros and cons of living and working in Mumbai’s creative…
E Roon Kang lives and works in New York, where he operates the interdisciplinary design and research studio Math Practice,…
Elizabeth Carey Smith is a creative director whose focus is on furthering the overlap of New York’s type designers, art…
Rebecca Wright isn’t one to shy away from big questions. As co-founder of the publishing, curation, and design advocacy organization…
Nicole Killian is an artist and graphic designer whose work “investigates how the structures of the internet, mobile messaging, and…
As the 2018 recipient of the Cooper Hewitt’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Gail Anderson (a 2008 AIGA Medalist) has once again…
Elizabeth White is an interdisciplinary artist and educator. Her work explores “social, psychological, and political themes including maintenance and self-preservation;…
Nontsikelelo Mutiti is a Zimbabwe-born interdisciplinary artist and educator who works across fine art, design, and social practice. Mutiti co-founded…
Our Weekend With series looks at the world through the eyes of a designer on their days off. Last time,…
“Weekend With” is a new series that explores the world of design through the eyes of a designer on their…
“Weekend With” is a series that explores the world of design through the eyes of a designer on their days…
This article is excerpted from the sixth issue of Eye on Design magazine. Pick up a copy of Eye on…
In the early 1930s, Iwao Yamawaki and Michiko Yamawaki arrived at the gates of the Bauhaus in Dessau all the way…
In 1920, Vladimir Lenin signed a decree that was to have a monumental effect on artists in post-revolutionary Russia. This…
In Germany during the 1930s, there was just one lifestyle magazine that every young woman had to have. An essential…
In the 1920s and ’30s, the New Typography movement spearheaded by the likes of Jan Tschichold, Karel Teige, Herbert Bayer,…
“Anni Albers is very much a designer’s artist,” says Priyesh Mistry, one of the curators of the Tate Modern’s vast 2019…
Bauhaus design’s impact on today’s graphics is hard to overestimate. Associated with primary colors, thick straight lines slashing across white space,…
Recently, #bauhaus overtook #brutalism as one of the most popular design and architecture hashtags on Instagram. Peruse the associated images…
This is the last week you’ll be reading about the Bauhaus this year (on this site, anyway)—we promise. In Germany…
It’s the time of year again when we zip down-filled puffers over layers of boiled wool and long underwear and…
Also in this week’s Design Diary, our roundup of projects, events, and general design world news, we bring you the…
Welcome to the Thanksgiving edition of Happy Hour. You might already be a bottle of wine deep into the day…
Every Friday we raise a glass to celebrate some of the best new boozy bottles to hit store shelves. This…
The Malaysia Design Archive actually began in Havana, Cuba. In 2007, founder Ezrena Marwan visited the city for the Icograda…
As editorial director at AIGA, I keep tabs on all the design news (so you don’t have to) and bring…
I can honestly say I’ve never been as excited for a trip to Vegas as I am now that Roman…
In one image, an empty shoe lifts up as if it’s about to charge forward in a vigorous sprint. In…
Like a no-nonsense boxing match, the rules of Typefight are simple, ruthless, and clear-cut. Each week, two designers are pitted…
Amsterdam’s Mainstudio is known for its clean, conceptual, typographic designs for the architecture, art, and fashion industries. Founder Edwin van Gelder and his studio…
Our weekly look at a favorite new typeface. Share yours with us on Twitter and Instagram @AIGAdesign with #TypeTuesday. Name: GT…
From the Pathmakers exhibition on mid-century modernism and feminism to a new series of Fresh Talks that kicks off later this month…
I imagine being in long-distance design partnership is a lot like being in a long-distance relationship; you’re suddenly intensely aware of what…
