There’s something alluring about a clear glass bottle. It says: Nothing to hide here! I am not subject to the…
I met Bahia Shehab about a year ago at a conference on contemporary Arab graphic design in New York. A…
Name: Altform Text Designer: Mark Bloom Foundry: CoType Foundry Release Date: March 2021 Back Story: Mark Bloom launched CoType Foundry in October 2019,…
Name: Logic Monospace Designer: Jeremy Mickel Foundry: MCKL Release Date: Fall 2020 Back Story: Mixing technical precision, typewriter fetishization, and…
In July 2020, Briar Levit, a professor of graphic design at Portland State University, uploaded an early 20th century sign…
Name: Sagittarius Designer: Jonathan Hoefler Foundry: Hoefler&Co Release Date: 2021 Back Story: A few years ago, Jonathan Hoefler was working…
The design process is always the result of a negotiation. Design for and from a theater is no exception, reaching…
Name: Outward Designer: Raoul Audouin Foundry: Velvetyne Release Date: March 2021 Back Story: When Amsterdam-raised graphic designer Raoul Audouin moved…
The days are getting longer, the ground drier. Picnic season is upon us, and perhaps more than any other spring,…
Name: Magnet Designer: Inga Plönnigs Foundry: Frere-Jones Type Release Date: January 2021 Back Story: Inga Plönnigs first showed her typeface-in-progress to Tobias…
Neville Brody is a journalist’s dream. He has a well-honed knack for wryly provocative, headline-ready takes on the design industry…
For the last few months, I’ve had a tab open with the type specimen for Columba—a magically warm typeface designed…
