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…
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…
In many ways, we’re living in the golden age of graphic design histories. All over the world, designers, historians, and…
Founded in 2001 by Dutch editors Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom, Butt magazine spent the first decade of a…
If ever tangible proof were needed that Fela Kuti’s legacy lives on, look no further than his youngest son Seun…
When Faust released its debut album in 1971, it pushed the limits of the avant-garde in pop. For the record…
At the Taft Hotel in Manhattan, just a block from Radio City Music Hall, a band plays during lunch and…
At the end of last year, Nigel Cottier, Principal Designer of London-based graphic design studio Accept & Proceed, released Letterform…
In the vast, ever-expanding canon of graphic design publishing, one title stands in a league of its own. Forget All…
What are you seeing? Layered, type-driven design inspired by 1980s advertising is on the rise, and along with it, a…
The first email I received from Ritesh Gupta was at 4:30AM. This could mean one of two things—he’s one of…
Name: Pangea Afrikan Designer: Christoph Koeberlin Distributor: Fontwerk Release Date: December 20, 2021 Back Story: In 2016, designer Christoph Koeberlin…
For the last few years, it seemed a new article, Twitter thread, or video essay would pop up on the…
Name: Fernhout Designers: Wim Crouwel, David Quay, and Stuart de Rozario in collaboration with Amsterdam design agency Thonik Foundry: The…
I first encountered The Fence in a small store stuffed with magazines of every variety. The corner of the first…
