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…
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…
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock has been at the cutting edge of technology for many of his 82 years. Like his contemporary…
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…
