Hello, and welcome to Design Diary. This week’s edition is a special little number, in which we’ve chosen a…
Eye on Design #02— the “Psych” issue—is here in all its DayGlo glory. This time around we’re exploring the…
Welcome to London! Or at least, our London City Guide, the first of AIGA’s city-specific editorial packages examining what it’s…
As with any city, London life isn’t all rosy. The streets, believe it or not, are neither paved with gold,…
A brief rundown of some of the most influential and revered studios that formed in the English capital, and still…
A brief and by no means exhaustive list of a few of the most famous, formative, and influential projects birthed…
A mini Where Designers Work-style peek into two leading London studios: Wolff Olins and Pentagram. Wolff Olins …
London is renowned for the breadth and sheer number of art and design schools, from University of the Arts London…
Sure, London, you’ve got yer Pentagram, yer Wolff Olins, yer big-studio big-guns. But the beauty of such a creative hubbub…
The old cliche about being tired of London meaning being tired of life is there for a reason: while NYC…
Ed note: None of these people actually exist. These are fictional characters in no way aligned to the agencies…
In 2018, co-working doesn’t stand for collaboratively working or even collectively working. Today, it’s a sign-on-the-dotted-line arrangement where one warm…
It’s easy to spot a Will Bryant piece—look for the colors, the cut-out shapes, the Memphis-inspired irreverence, and the strange…
Snow covers the peaks surrounding the Glarus valley on the Northern fringes of the Swiss Alps. A string of villages…
As we prepare for the inaugural AIGA Eye on Design Conference, we meet some of our esteemed speakers to find…
The inaugural Eye on Design Conference is coming: Minneapolis, MN Wednesday, October 11 Speakers, workshops, and program. Get your ticket,…
If we get past the constant flogging of the word “disruption,” the V&A—that most hallowed and apparently traditional London institution—has…
Experimental animation studio RAPAPAWN is the psychedelic brainchild of Cynthia Alfonso and Óscar Raña, two Spain-based artists and frequent collaborators…
Polish type designer Maciej Połczyński firmly believes in the magic of mistakes—so much so, that they often set the direction…
For years it seems there’s been a consensus that print is better for slow journalism, while online is the place…
Name: Adineue Chop Designer: Jeremy Mickel and Leon Imas Foundry: MCKL Release Date: Summer 2018 Back story: Adidas’ history is intertwined with…
Mariana Amatullo’s teaching and design practice sits at the intersection of design, design management, and social innovation—one of her primary…
Hello, and welcome to Design Diary, a collection of five projects from across the world that have impressed us this week. …
In today’s political climate, designers are vocally, visually, demonstratively setting about using their talents for the greater good. There’s a…
What if we didn’t view websites as straightforward repositories of information or as simple service providers, but as something with…
Flipping through the New Yorker’s Goings On About Town is an essential part of the city’s cultural experience, whether you’re a…
Name: Boulder Mono Designer: Mark Gowing Foundry: Formist Foundry Release Date: July 2018 Backstory: Mark Gowing started working on Boulder Mono in early…
Post-school, it’s not often that you’re afforded an excuse to plumb the depths of a topic like color theory or…
One of the markers of great illustration is when it takes a rich, interior world and projects it out for others to engage with. Sometimes…
The characters drawn by Portuguese illustrator Tiago Galo have a few things in common: cheeks painted like China dolls, fixed, incredulous stares, and oftentimes no mouths at…
Last summer, New York’s MoMA announced it had acquired Gilbert Baker’s Rainbow Flag for its permanent design collection. Speaking to…
I finished writing this post at deep sea blue and published it here a few days later at lavender. Depending…
If you’ve been struggling to imagine what it would look like if a spaceship filled with alien plant life collided…
In 2013, Helsinki- and New York-based design studio Tsto created a visual identity for a graphic design exhibition at Design Museum…
There’s a fine line between minimal design and design that’s boring or even worse, lazy. Remember Nigel Tufnel’s sage comment…
Gizem Vural is an illustrator who, unlike most, never knew she wanted to illustrate. Instead, Vural thought she wanted to be…
This month The Poster Boys look at the life and art of AIGA Medalist Corita Kent. A nun, teacher, and art…
