We first read this piece, written by Dori Tunstall, the dean of design at OCAD University in Toronto, in a…
“Decolonization” is a word we’re increasingly hearing at design events, often being used interchangeably with “diversity.” It’s important to emphasize…
Letterforms are loaded cultural objects—they often reflect the people who made them and the story they want to tell. In…
Somewhere along the long timeline of human existence, society began associating innovation with speed: faster cars, rapid test results, instant…
In the South Bronx in the 1970s, hip-hop culture was just beginning to form at large musical gatherings called jams.…
This article is excerpted from the first issue of Eye on Design magazine. Pick up a copy of Eye on Design #01, the “Invisible” issue, for…
For Vanessa Newman, building communities is like second nature. Their most recent one, Design to Divest, is on a mission…
Walking through the world, we leave a trail of bits and bytes in our wake. People generate an astonishing amount…
When the animated short film Wade opens to the stillness of a Kolkata ravaged by the forces of climate change,…
The visual design of television news has remained as busy as ever during coverage of the pandemic and protests over…
Last year, we interviewed Milton Glaser for the “Gossip” issue of Eye on Design magazine, during which he revealed family…
Like many mid-century design pioneers, George Him forged his career through the application of European modernist and avant-garde artistic ideas…
Name: F37 Beckett Foundry: F37 Designer: Rick Banks Release Date: April 2020 Back Story: It’s not the most usual of beginnings for…
In the most iconic scene of The Devil Wears Prada, Andy (Anne Hathaway) nonchalantly dismisses two nearly identical blue belts…
For years I have been observing and writing about the rise of our digital identities—the increasing fidelity of them, along…
“Everything is in progress” was the curiously open-ended statement that heralded the launch of Future Fonts back in 2018. The…
Anyone who was a Mr. Robot fan will remember the scene in which Susan Jacobs, general counsel for the fictional…
Rajeev Prakash remembers being five years old, attentively watching his elder brother paint words. Great flourishes were accompanied by minute…
