For many of us, the intersection of brands and data brings to mind issues of privacy; it can stir up…
In early 2018, a designer posted on Facebook that only around one-third of the speakers at Brno’s International Biennial of…
Sarah Boris is an award winning graphic designer and art director based in London, where since 2015 she has run…
“If I hear the phrase ‘Summer of Love’ one more time, I will scream,” says Louise Sandhaus from her design…
When I started on this series of Design + Mental Health features, I’d assumed it would be fairly straightforward: I…
About a decade ago, a designer at trading card giant Panini America was tasked with performing a resurrection. The goal…
Ask the nearest designer for an example of good design, and they’ll mostly likely name drop some big brand logos,…
This year at AIGA’s Design Conference, industrial designer Ti Chang shared how she’s built her career around designing for social…
I teach design at a public university in the American south. I also serve as the internship coordinator, connecting students…
“Decolonization” is a word we’re increasingly hearing at design events, often being used interchangeably with “diversity.” It’s important to emphasize…
This is the second piece in our series that weighs the pros and cons of living and working in Mumbai’s…
Following in the footsteps of our London City Guide, this is the first in a new series that weighs the…
This is the third piece in our series that weighs the pros and cons of living and working in Mumbai’s creative…
E Roon Kang lives and works in New York, where he operates the interdisciplinary design and research studio Math Practice,…
Nicole Killian is an artist and graphic designer whose work “investigates how the structures of the internet, mobile messaging, and…
Rebecca Wright isn’t one to shy away from big questions. As co-founder of the publishing, curation, and design advocacy organization…
As the 2018 recipient of the Cooper Hewitt’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Gail Anderson (a 2008 AIGA Medalist) has once again…
Elizabeth White is an interdisciplinary artist and educator. Her work explores “social, psychological, and political themes including maintenance and self-preservation;…
Nontsikelelo Mutiti is a Zimbabwe-born interdisciplinary artist and educator who works across fine art, design, and social practice. Mutiti co-founded…
“Weekend With” is a new series that explores the world of design through the eyes of a designer on their…
“Weekend With” is a series that explores the world of design through the eyes of a designer on their days…
Name: Cako Designer: Jérémy Schneider Foundry: VJ Type (Violaine & Jérémy) Release Date: September 2019 Back Story: The sure-handed, lighthearted work of Parisian designers…
“Cool” illustration and design work is two a penny, and I’m the first to admit I’m a sucker for it.…
Also in this week’s Design Diary, our roundup of projects, events, and general design-world-news, we bring you some lovely lettering…
Early in his episode of Abstract, the Netflix series about design, Jonathan Hoefler describes the act of type design as…
If you talk to Matt Dorfman, there’s a solid chance music might come up—from his solo design practice, Metalmother, named…
Name: Misto Designer: Katerina Korolevtseva Release Date: September 2019 Back Story: Graphic designer Katerina Korolevtseva designed Misto as a capstone…
Chances are, if you know the name United Artists, it’sbecause it’s the production company synonymous with movies like Rocky, Raging…
Plus, new 3D illustration work from Simoul Alva for the New York Times, beautiful branding for a Mexico City restaurant,…
This story is the first in a series that explores the results of the 2019 Design Census. In 2008, Katie…
Elizabeth Carey Smith is a creative director whose focus is on furthering the overlap of New York’s type designers, art…
Name: Lautsprecher DJR Designer: David Jonathan Ross Release date: September 1, 2019 Back Story: Lautsprecher DJR is a revival of…
Once you start, you can’t help but see them everywhere when it comes to the design and illustration world: the…
Ever wanted your design to stand out from the crowd? Here are our top tips for even the most unimaginative…
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…
