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…
The face of biotech has no face at all. It doesn’t have a spine. It doesn’t have complex organs. Hell,…
When the first issue of Tradeswomen first appeared in subscribers’ mailboxes in 1980, they were “delighted,” said Molly Martin, its…
In the South Bronx in the 1970s, hip-hop culture was just beginning to form at large musical gatherings called jams.…
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…
In Germany during the 1930s, there was just one lifestyle magazine that every young woman had to have. An essential…
“If I hear the phrase ‘Summer of Love’ one more time, I will scream,” says Louise Sandhaus from her design…
In the early ’70s, artist, publisher, and activist Raja Dhale published a pocket-sized magazine called Chakravarty for thirteen consecutive days. …
This story is part of our Weekend Reads series, where we highlight a story we love from the archives. It…
When editor and consultant Casey Lewis started her newsletter digest on youth culture, After School, she instinctively gravitated towards pastel…
One afternoon last spring, I collected a bag of small stones from the dried out river in my local park.…
Run by Richard Embray and Elinor Jansz, Four Corners Books is a London-based publishing house that seeks to bring art…
Joey Donatelli slides their glasses off and proudly holds them in front of the camera, as though bestowing an all-powerful…
It was Brian Eno who invented the term ‘scenius,’ which counters the myth of the lone genius and credits the…
Artwork. Advertisement. Encapsulation. Billboard. Brand. A book cover is many things — and the best ones tend to be all…
Name: Felfel Designer: Abdo Mohamed Foundry: Boharat Release Date: Initially 2021, but the font is still in progress Back Story: Independent type…
Recently, the Illinois Department of National Resources asked branding studio Span to “rebrand” a fish. The new miracle species that…
This article is an excerpt from Growing Up Underground, the new coming-of-age memoir by Steven Heller published by Princeton Architectural…
Kamala Harris announced her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination with a balance of strong messaging and loaded symbolism. The California…
There’s something decidedly un-flashy about the wave of flat, all caps, sans serif logo redesigns popping up in the worlds…
The careers of Fritz Mesenbrink and Jeremy Pelley, co-founders of Portland-based creative agency OMFGCO, have dovetailed for years. After first…
Last summer, New York’s MoMA announced it had acquired Gilbert Baker’s Rainbow Flag for its permanent design collection. Speaking to…
If you want to better understand a design studio, don’t bother with the “About” section on its website—just look at the logo. Designers translate…
As a design writer I’ve written quite a few articles about logo design and have read hundreds more. I watched as…
As a Chicagoan of recent vintage, I’ll say this: Chicago’s at its worst when comparing itself to L.A. or NYC.…
It’s difficult to make a spooky logo based on scary movie tropes without it looking naff (or like something on a box…
Logos for sustainable companies are rarely inspired and often predictable—leaves, yellow sunbeams, and green globes abound. Yet Spanish design studio…
A prolific creator of brand identities and logos, London-based type and lettering designer Rob Clarke has amassed a wealth of experience…
