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…
Today, what you watch can say a lot about who you are. In our era of Peak TV, you can…
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…
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…
