‘As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes’ is an exhibition of work by African-American graphic designers that seeks to “question, inspire, activate, and…
Eye on Design #02— the “Psych” issue—is here in all its DayGlo glory. This time around we’re exploring the…
Welcome to London! Or at least, our London City Guide, the first of AIGA’s city-specific editorial packages examining what it’s…
As with any city, London life isn’t all rosy. The streets, believe it or not, are neither paved with gold,…
A brief rundown of some of the most influential and revered studios that formed in the English capital, and still…
A brief and by no means exhaustive list of a few of the most famous, formative, and influential projects birthed…
A mini Where Designers Work-style peek into two leading London studios: Wolff Olins and Pentagram. Wolff Olins …
London is renowned for the breadth and sheer number of art and design schools, from University of the Arts London…
Sure, London, you’ve got yer Pentagram, yer Wolff Olins, yer big-studio big-guns. But the beauty of such a creative hubbub…
The old cliche about being tired of London meaning being tired of life is there for a reason: while NYC…
Ed note: None of these people actually exist. These are fictional characters in no way aligned to the agencies…
In 2018, co-working doesn’t stand for collaboratively working or even collectively working. Today, it’s a sign-on-the-dotted-line arrangement where one warm…
It’s easy to spot a Will Bryant piece—look for the colors, the cut-out shapes, the Memphis-inspired irreverence, and the strange…
Snow covers the peaks surrounding the Glarus valley on the Northern fringes of the Swiss Alps. A string of villages…
Name: PM Grotesk Designer: William Lyall Foundry: 12b Release Date: August, 2018 Back Story: Back in the winter of 2015, London-based designer William Lyall began…
“Weekend With” is a new series that explores the world of design through the eyes of a designer on their…
Even the most cursory glance at Derek Ercolano’s work belies a few things central to his practice: one is the…
Hello, and welcome to Design Diary, a collection of five projects from across the world that have impressed us this week. …
Elaine Ramos grew up without any knowledge of design—and perhaps even more surprisingly, she grew up in a house largely…
Type design students regularly labor for months over a font: they’ll present it, receive feedback, and then it’ll get tucked…
Brace yourselves: the bandana’d letterpress wonder, Dafi Kühne is back, and he’s revealing his secrets. Earlier this year he let…
Name: Pilat Designer: Stéphane Elbaz Foundry: General Type Studio Release Date: July 10, 2018 Back Story: During the optimistic, future-looking 1950s and ’60s, typefaces such…
If we get past the constant flogging of the word “disruption,” the V&A—that most hallowed and apparently traditional London institution—has…
Hello, and welcome to Design Diary. This week’s edition is a special little number, in which we’ve chosen a…
Experimental animation studio RAPAPAWN is the psychedelic brainchild of Cynthia Alfonso and Óscar Raña, two Spain-based artists and frequent collaborators…
When most founders start talking to me about all the ways their business is so much more than just a…
Every Friday we raise a glass to celebrate some of the best new boozy bottles to hit store shelves. This…
As an editorial resident here at AIGA, I spend my time nosing around for interesting design-related goings on each week…
I don’t remember ever having visited an exhibition of book design without experiencing what curators call the “Snow White effect”—an…
Life in contemporary Western society comes with many luxuries. One oft-overlooked luxury: access to expressive typefaces. Unless you’re a graphic…
Time flies when you’re NB Studio. Nick Finney, the co-founder and creative director, is trying to recall how long they’ve…
Name: Exchange Designer: Tobias Frere-Jones Foundry: Frere-Jones Type Release Date: June 20, 2017 Back Story: Exchange was originally designed as a new text face…
Pop-Up Magazine challenges the idea of what a magazine can be, by doing its storytelling on the stage. Journalists perform their stories,…
A hugely powerful poster presents a sick, forlorn man in pyjamas, staring listlessly from his hospital bed. Slicing the image…
This is the second in a series of satirical pieces in which we invite our contributors to—lovingly, respectfully, but absolutely…
