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…
“The details are not the details,” said Charles Eames. “The details make the design.” I think Eames is saying that…
In the past decade, cold shipping has grown from an industrial need to an everyday occurrence. From meal kit deliveries…
For years, I’ve swooned at the thought of commissioning an oil painting of my rescue greyhound, The Turtleman*. I used…
Colin Forbes, who passed away just a little more than a week ago, was a key part of the design…
Name: Exposure Designer: Federico Parra Barrios Foundry: 205TF Release Date: April 2022 Back Story: If you are not a recent…
When the first issue of Tradeswomen first appeared in subscribers’ mailboxes in 1980, they were “delighted,” said Molly Martin, its…
The face of biotech has no face at all. It doesn’t have a spine. It doesn’t have complex organs. Hell,…
When Claire and Pann Lim floated the idea of starting a magazine with their two children back in 2013, their…
Name: Timezone Designers: Elias Hanzer and Lucas Liccini Foundry: Hanzer Liccini Release Date: November 2021 Back Story: Berlin-based graphic design studio…
Depending on the day, the past year and a half feels like it’s been either a long summer or a…
Name: NaN Jaune Designer: Jérémy Landes Foundry: NaN.xyz Release Date: May 2021 Back Story: Back in 2016, NaN Jaune began as custom lettering for…
In April 2020, A/D/O—the design incubator-meets-community center-meets-café-meets-design shop—announced its impending closure ostensibly due to the pandemic. Since opening in 2017,…
What are you seeing? The ’90s are back. The 1890s, that is. Turn of the century inspired typefaces (we’re calling…
On first sight, Mantar is a jovial typeface family. High-contrast, serif-forward, wide-faced, with details that seem to jump from letter…
Social media has changed the way creators and visual artists think about representing their work. For many, Instagram, Behance, and…
In August 2014, a month before I became chair of the graphic design program at California College of the Arts,…
In an ocean of Squarespace sites and Behance portfolios, it can be easy to forget that there are limitless ways…
The first step to getting work is building an impressive portfolio. The second step is less obvious: pitching your portfolio,…
