In the 1920s and ’30s, the New Typography movement spearheaded by the likes of Jan Tschichold, Karel Teige, Herbert Bayer,…
We hear time and again that the design “canon” needs a big shakeup—in design education, exhibitions, or simply in the…
“Words divide, pictures unite,” or so went the motto of Isotype’s founder, the philosopher and sociologist, Otto Neurath. From its…
From floor-to-ceiling, the walls at the Gallery of Honour at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum are papered in a dense array of…
In 1955, the winding gulleys of Kolkata in India were awash with large posters and almost translucent paper flyers that…
Yellowstone National Park spans 3,472 square miles, cutting across Wyoming and bits of Montana and Idaho. All told, it takes…
Design and tech industries often like to paint themselves as heroes. We are promised a future of smart cities, self-driving…
In the South Bronx in the 1970s, hip-hop culture was just beginning to form at large musical gatherings called jams.…
There’s a good chance you’ve admired Franco Grignani’s work, even if you couldn’t put a name to it. His lifetime…
For many graphic designers, Bauhaus teacher and multidisciplinary pioneer Laszlo Moholy-Nagy’s most direct legacy is his approach to type—namely, his…
Most designers didn’t begin their careers using a computer smuggled across the Berlin Wall disguised as a TV. But Detlef…
The 1960s was a culturally transformative time for the Netherlands, seeing the rise of a “new consumerism,” where the conservatism…
