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…
The face of biotech has no face at all. It doesn’t have a spine. It doesn’t have complex organs. Hell,…
When the first issue of Tradeswomen first appeared in subscribers’ mailboxes in 1980, they were “delighted,” said Molly Martin, its…
In the South Bronx in the 1970s, hip-hop culture was just beginning to form at large musical gatherings called jams.…
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…
In Germany during the 1930s, there was just one lifestyle magazine that every young woman had to have. An essential…
“If I hear the phrase ‘Summer of Love’ one more time, I will scream,” says Louise Sandhaus from her design…
In the early ’70s, artist, publisher, and activist Raja Dhale published a pocket-sized magazine called Chakravarty for thirteen consecutive days. …
This story is part of our Weekend Reads series, where we highlight a story we love from the archives. It…
When editor and consultant Casey Lewis started her newsletter digest on youth culture, After School, she instinctively gravitated towards pastel…
One afternoon last spring, I collected a bag of small stones from the dried out river in my local park.…
Run by Richard Embray and Elinor Jansz, Four Corners Books is a London-based publishing house that seeks to bring art…
Joey Donatelli slides their glasses off and proudly holds them in front of the camera, as though bestowing an all-powerful…
It was Brian Eno who invented the term ‘scenius,’ which counters the myth of the lone genius and credits the…
Artwork. Advertisement. Encapsulation. Billboard. Brand. A book cover is many things — and the best ones tend to be all…
Name: Felfel Designer: Abdo Mohamed Foundry: Boharat Release Date: Initially 2021, but the font is still in progress Back Story: Independent type…
Recently, the Illinois Department of National Resources asked branding studio Span to “rebrand” a fish. The new miracle species that…
This article is an excerpt from Growing Up Underground, the new coming-of-age memoir by Steven Heller published by Princeton Architectural…
“Playfulness is everything to be honest,” says Leigh Nelson, cofounder of a delightful little Brooklyn-based studio with the equally delightful,…
Towards the end of last month, we discussed the ingenious ways various designers have navigated what to do with…
Name: THD Sentient Designers: Tim Hutchinson, Paul McNeil, and Hamish Muir Foundry: MuirMcNeil Release Date: January 2018 Back Story: THD Sentient…
“New year, new me”; the tiresome chatter that babbles about us like a mantra around this time of year is…
Last weekend, we saw a lot of familiar posters at this year’s Women’s March: Floating above the expected swarms of…
Hello, and welcome to this week’s Design Diary, a collection of five projects from across the world that have impressed us…
In 2013, three friends—Kate Johnston, Sarah Williams, and Katie Bachler—decided to throw a dinner party in the desert. They invited…
The design process is an often slow, messy, and frustrating one, littered with dead ends and decapitated darlings. One client’s…
No amount of in-office yoga, ping-pong tables and bean bag chairs, nor endless free buffets can distract from the monotony.…
Name: Isotope Designers: Hoefler & Co team Foundry: Hoefler & Co Release Date: January 2018 Back Story: Isotope was inspired by a style…
