We first read this piece, written by Dori Tunstall, the dean of design at OCAD University in Toronto, in a…
“Decolonization” is a word we’re increasingly hearing at design events, often being used interchangeably with “diversity.” It’s important to emphasize…
Letterforms are loaded cultural objects—they often reflect the people who made them and the story they want to tell. In…
Somewhere along the long timeline of human existence, society began associating innovation with speed: faster cars, rapid test results, instant…
In the South Bronx in the 1970s, hip-hop culture was just beginning to form at large musical gatherings called jams.…
This article is excerpted from the first issue of Eye on Design magazine. Pick up a copy of Eye on Design #01, the “Invisible” issue, for…
Mimi Onuoha is an artist who works mostly with algorithms, data sets, and digital systems, but her best known work…
Netflix is keeping us awake. I’m not talking about its latest gameshow Awake: The Million Dollar Game, where contestants must…
This article is excerpted from the fifth issue of Eye on Design magazine. Pick up a copy of Eye on…
There’s a common refrain on Twitter that can be heard echoing across the feed any time there’s a big news…
One of the foundational materials of computer science is an endless piece of tape. “An unlimited memory capacity obtained in…
Last week I made progress. I was down 20 minutes. Instead of spending an average of three hours a day…
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…
I started following @broobs.psd on Instagram on May 1, International Workers Day, after I saw several friends sharing a poster…
This story is part of a collaboration between Eye on Design and the students at the University of Texas at…
You’ve probably seen it a dozen times: Tom Cruise waves his hands in front of a blank, glassy screen, and…
Name: Forever Grotesk Designer: Anton Studer Foundry: Nouvelle Noire Release Date: May 2020 Back Story: Does the world really need any more Grotesque…
“It isn’t hard to lose sight of the bigger picture for the things we help build: How could it be…
“Designed to be deleted” dating app Hinge is on a quest to get to know me on a level that other apps…
For Vanessa Newman, building communities is like second nature. Their most recent one, Design to Divest, is on a mission…
Walking through the world, we leave a trail of bits and bytes in our wake. People generate an astonishing amount…
Name: “Shizzle” (Unofficially, that is. The typeface doesn’t technically have a name, but this is what TwoPoints.Net cofounder Martin Lorenz…
When the animated short film Wade opens to the stillness of a Kolkata ravaged by the forces of climate change,…
The visual design of television news has remained as busy as ever during coverage of the pandemic and protests over…
Last year, we interviewed Milton Glaser for the “Gossip” issue of Eye on Design magazine, during which he revealed family…
Five years ago, graphic designers Maurits Wouters and Bram Broerse were in The Netherlands, sitting lake-side in Utrecht on a…
As editorial director at AIGA, I keep tabs on all the design news (so you don’t have to) and bring you…
In a perfect world there would be good design for everyone. Street signs, homes, magazines, posters, and identity systems—everything would…
When the founders of Pupilpeople became parents two years ago, the graphic designers struggled to find quality toys for their…
You know those weekends when you’re gathering wood for the fire, sweeping the garden of leaves, picking up succulents at…
When the National Museum of Women in the Arts launched the #5womenartists hashtag for Women’s History Month this past March, it…
There really is a commemorative day for everything under the sun. Don’t believe me, then head over to Wikipedia and…
Among the greatest gifts that technology has given type over the last decades is the ability to animate letterforms with ease.…
Not all designers prefer sleek and tidy graphics. At Rotterdam-based design studio Team Thursday, founders Loes van Esch and Simone Trum believe…
Impartiality is not an issue most designers have to contend with, even less so journalistic integrity. Those who practice their craft…
