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…
I recently invented a skin-care oil that is guaranteed to make you look 20 years younger. It is a revolutionary…
Long before higher education in art and design was within reach for me, and before my imagination stretched to even…
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…
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…
Gustavo Piqueira will make you wholly rethink book design—and, well, books at large. After all, the enigmatic proprietor of Casa…
