Protest movements shift minds long before they lead to action. This is by nature and design. The welling up of…

Let’s engage in a thought experiment. Think about what you know about graphic design history. Then omit all mention of…

“Decolonization” is a word we’re increasingly hearing at design events, often being used interchangeably with “diversity.” It’s important to emphasize…

We graphic designers have a love-hate relationship with criticism. We say we want more of it and then complain when…

In the United States, the presence of the universal recycling icon on a product might lead an unassuming consumer to…

To deem [dēm], is to regard or consider something in a specified way; to make relevant. This is precisely the…

This article is excerpted from the sixth issue of Eye on Design magazine. Pick up a copy of Eye on…

In Germany during the 1930s, there was just one lifestyle magazine that every young woman had to have. An essential…

Rajeev Prakash remembers being five years old, attentively watching his elder brother paint words. Great flourishes were accompanied by minute…

In 1979, artist and designer Paul Peter Piech incurred the wrath of the U.S. Embassy in London, which objected to…

In the South Bronx in the 1970s, hip-hop culture was just beginning to form at large musical gatherings called jams.…

In 1969, a group of friends travelled from Detroit to Chicago to pick up an ancient, cumbersome Harris offset printing…

Put the word “design” in front of the name of some countries, and it becomes shorthand for a certain aesthetic.…

Code is a tool—a string of numbers, glyphs, and letters that when arranged in a particular order can be wielded…

Anyone who was a Mr. Robot fan will remember the scene in which Susan Jacobs, general counsel for the fictional…

For years I have been observing and writing about the rise of our digital identities—the increasing fidelity of them, along…

You’ve probably seen it a dozen times: Tom Cruise waves his hands in front of a blank, glassy screen, and…

“Designed to be deleted” dating app Hinge is on a quest to get to know me on a level that other apps…

“It isn’t hard to lose sight of the bigger picture for the things we help build: How could it be…

Our Weekend With series looks at the world through the eyes of a designer on their days off. Last time,…

Our Weekend With series looks at the world through the eyes of a designer on their days off. Last time,…

“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…

“Weekend With” is a series that explores the world of design through the eyes of a designer on their days…