“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…
E Roon Kang lives and works in New York, where he operates the interdisciplinary design and research studio Math Practice,…
Nicole Killian is an artist and graphic designer whose work “investigates how the structures of the internet, mobile messaging, and…
Rebecca Wright isn’t one to shy away from big questions. As co-founder of the publishing, curation, and design advocacy organization…
As the 2018 recipient of the Cooper Hewitt’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Gail Anderson (a 2008 AIGA Medalist) has once again…
Mariana Amatullo’s teaching and design practice sits at the intersection of design, design management, and social innovation—one of her primary…
Nontsikelelo Mutiti is a Zimbabwe-born interdisciplinary artist and educator who works across fine art, design, and social practice. Mutiti co-founded…
Also this week, a look at the identity for an exhibition celebrating 50 years of Black creativity, and a few…
As a ninth-grader in the early ’90s, one of Jo Walker’s teachers assigned her a project about rainforests. Walker had…
If you’ve ever dreamed of being an astronaut and going to space, you’ve probably pictured becoming an aficionado in flight…
In the South Bronx in the 1970s, hip-hop culture was just beginning to form at large musical gatherings called jams.…
Name: Injurial Designer: Sandrine Nugue Foundry: 205TF Release Date: June 2019 Back Story: When Le Tripode, publishers for the French cartoonist Boll, needed a…
In the middle of a quiet residential neighborhood in Berlin, a green storefront opens into the studio of artist collective…
Plus, Journal Safar comes out with a fantastic new Nostalgia-themed issue, Studio Last redesigns the Monopol website, and dating app…
Suzy Chan’s work is often incredibly, undeniably cute. At first glance it’s a joyful explosion of color, vibrancy, smart use…
Do you grit your teeth if someone says “font” when they really mean “typeface?” Does bad kerning just about ruin…
Before I read Figure it Out, I’d assumed the designer/artist vinyl toy trend was, if not dead, at least pretty…
Name: Darka Designer: G.M. Meave Foundry: Sudtipos Release Date: May 2019 Back story: Darka started as a personal project for…
Kramers 10 is a vast, impressive volume, not least because it’s huge. It’s also adorned with a strange, stunning, and…
Name: Antique Gothic Designer: Jean-Baptiste Levée/Production Type Foundry: Prototypo Release Date: October 2017 Back Story: Antique Gothic is your typical condensed sans serif—except for…
All Hallows’ Eve is upon us: the night when the souls of the dead return home and must be appeased.…
Umbrellas up! It’s raining letters… Hallelujah? That’s what I imagine those at Weltformat poster festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, are singing…
London-based publisher Hexus Press’ co-founder Thogdin Ripley talks us through five seminal design artefacts from around the dark, spooky labyrinth of…
Hello, and welcome to this week’s Design Diary, a collection of five fab projects from across the world that have impressed…
A month or so ago, we published an article about why we need to rethink the way we discuss the…
Big questions for big times: What makes a good design education? And what exactly will the designers of the future…
Name: Halyard Designers: Display by Joshua Darden; Text and Micro by Joshua Darden, Eben Sorkin, and Lucas Sharp Foundry: Darden Studio…
We held our first ever Eye on Design Conference last week, and with nearly 20 designers, illustrators, and artists joining us…
Look once. Then look again. Your eye won’t know where to rest at first—the compositions in this designer’s portfolio reject…
