Protest movements shift minds long before they lead to action. This is by nature and design. The welling up of…
Let’s engage in a thought experiment. Think about what you know about graphic design history. Then omit all mention of…
“Decolonization” is a word we’re increasingly hearing at design events, often being used interchangeably with “diversity.” It’s important to emphasize…
We graphic designers have a love-hate relationship with criticism. We say we want more of it and then complain when…
In the United States, the presence of the universal recycling icon on a product might lead an unassuming consumer to…
To deem [dēm], is to regard or consider something in a specified way; to make relevant. This is precisely the…
A curious mix of logos meet on the cover of the Feminist Findings zine. From the sinuous, fluid logo of…
When Stanley Kubrick set out to design the videophone featured in his 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, he enlisted…
On August 4, five design educators came together for the SHIFT Virtual Summit, hosted by the AIGA Design Educators Community,…
I was taken on a tour of Singapore’s mass rapid transit system in early March to see its new signage…
This story was originally published in 2018 in the “Gossip” issue of Eye on Design magazine. I’m watching shimmery…
As designers, the work we create can unknowingly perpetuate certain ideologies that have destructive consequences. One of the more obvious…
Now that “screen” is a metonym for all digital technology—“screen time” a shorthand for staring at anything that glows—it’s easy…
In the middle of the night on August 9, 2020, thousands of Belarusians rushed into the dark streets. The internet…
Most octogenarians might expect some comfy slippers for their birthday, maybe a nice chutney, a handmade card from the grandkids…
“The moment just past is extinguished forever,” wrote the art historian George Kubler in his 1962 book, The Shape of…
Kelly Walters and Anoushka Khandwala met at Central Saint Martins in 2018, where Walters was a design educator leading a…
In late 2017, knowing and understanding the term “deepfake” would have meant one thing: You were a regular browser of…
