It’s easy to consider scripty, hand-rendered lettering and gentle color-pencil illustrations as sort of wishy-washy, maybe a little twee. “Girly,”…
For as long as we have existed, humans have tried to make sense of color. Back when our limited color…
Joan Wong’s parents had a problem: They weren’t in the best school district in Brooklyn, and they wanted their daughter…
They say “it never rains, but it pours.” Whatever your take on the bleak truism, it does seem to be…
After she gave up her dreams of being a flight attendant at age three, Charlotte Strick knew she wanted a…
OBEY. BUY. DO NOT QUESTION AUTHORITY. Black and white, block capital text—bleak reminders of the domineering capitalist doctrine that lurks…
Pablo Delcan has a memory from his early teenage years: He was visiting his father, who was working in New…
Women are demanding change from politics, from workplaces, from brands, and from men post-#MeToo, but what about book cover design?…
Binge-watching sessions are not always about super-sized snacks and gross pyjamas: sometimes, they can spark a pretty great idea for…
There’s no doubt Instagram is changing the way we make and absorb visual culture. This is especially true when it comes…
Ask the nearest designer for an example of good design, and they’ll mostly likely name drop some big brand logos,…
It’s the time of year again when we zip down-filled puffers over layers of boiled wool and long underwear and…
