When Lesley Carter*, 26, first saw the salaries listed in the Graphic Design Salary Transparency Spreadsheet in January 2020, she…
Two things about capitalism: graphic design is totally bound up with it; and it really has to end. You won’t…
In an episode of the beloved animated 1960s sci-fi sitcom The Jetsons, Mrs. Jetson decides that housework is becoming too…
In the United States, the presence of the universal recycling icon on a product might lead an unassuming consumer to…
This op-ed was collaboratively penned by Design Action Collective and Partner & Partners. Design Action Collective is a cooperative design…
The late Ken Garland’s First Things First manifesto, written in 1963 on the spur of the moment during a public…
In the South Bronx in the 1970s, hip-hop culture was just beginning to form at large musical gatherings called jams.…
Beatriz González eschews labels like “pop artist” and “political artist,” which must be tiresome since most people’s first reaction to…
There’s a quote, perhaps apocryphal, from Massimo Vignelli that you’ll sometimes hear from alumni of Cranbrook Academy of Art’s design…
Code is a tool—a string of numbers, glyphs, and letters that when arranged in a particular order can be wielded…
I met Bahia Shehab about a year ago at a conference on contemporary Arab graphic design in New York. A…
The best fashion magazines are often the ones that transport readers to other worlds. It’s not just about the clothes…
This story is part of our Weekend Reads series, where we highlight a story we love from the archives. It…
Colin Forbes, who passed away just a little more than a week ago, was a key part of the design…
Name: Exposure Designer: Federico Parra Barrios Foundry: 205TF Release Date: April 2022 Back Story: If you are not a recent…
When the first issue of Tradeswomen first appeared in subscribers’ mailboxes in 1980, they were “delighted,” said Molly Martin, its…
The face of biotech has no face at all. It doesn’t have a spine. It doesn’t have complex organs. Hell,…
When Claire and Pann Lim floated the idea of starting a magazine with their two children back in 2013, their…
Name: Timezone Designers: Elias Hanzer and Lucas Liccini Foundry: Hanzer Liccini Release Date: November 2021 Back Story: Berlin-based graphic design studio…
In many ways, we’re living in the golden age of graphic design histories. All over the world, designers, historians, and…
Founded in 2001 by Dutch editors Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom, Butt magazine spent the first decade of a…
If ever tangible proof were needed that Fela Kuti’s legacy lives on, look no further than his youngest son Seun…
Through the open door of a storefront in Manhattan’s Chinatown last October, you may have spied a long white table…
A lot of design businesses claim to be open and transparent, but ask them a pointed question (even off-the-record), and…
Late last year, management consultancy company McKinsey & Company published a widely read report extolling the business value of design.…
For several years now, Droga5 has topped Working Not Working’s annual survey ranking the companies where creatives most want to work.…
In the winter months, nothing brings us quite as much unbridled joy as pulling on a giant, slouchy sweater that’s…
A graphic designer is perched on top of a tall row of Ikea shelving units at the De School Gallery…
Every occasion—indeed, every day—demands a fresh pair of socks. Here, we present a drawer-full of uber designer-worthy socks to help…
Last week 100 pioneering designers, illustrators, and other visually minded members of the creative community gathered to put some of…
Last weekend, we saw a lot of familiar posters at this year’s Women’s March: Floating above the expected swarms of…
No amount of in-office yoga, ping-pong tables and bean bag chairs, nor endless free buffets can distract from the monotony.…
