I teach design at a public university in the American south. I also serve as the internship coordinator, connecting students…
In early 2018, a designer posted on Facebook that only around one-third of the speakers at Brno’s International Biennial of…
For many of us, the intersection of brands and data brings to mind issues of privacy; it can stir up…
“If I hear the phrase ‘Summer of Love’ one more time, I will scream,” says Louise Sandhaus from her design…
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…
Sarah Boris is an award winning graphic designer and art director based in London, where since 2015 she has run…
About a decade ago, a designer at trading card giant Panini America was tasked with performing a resurrection. The goal…
“Decolonization” is a word we’re increasingly hearing at design events, often being used interchangeably with “diversity.” It’s important to emphasize…
When I started on this series of Design + Mental Health features, I’d assumed it would be fairly straightforward: I…
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,…
Elizabeth Carey Smith is a creative director whose focus is on furthering the overlap of New York’s type designers, art…
Rebecca Wright isn’t one to shy away from big questions. As co-founder of the publishing, curation, and design advocacy organization…
Nicole Killian is an artist and graphic designer whose work “investigates how the structures of the internet, mobile messaging, and…
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…
Our Weekend With series looks at the world through the eyes of a designer on their days off. Last time,…
“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…
In Germany during the 1930s, there was just one lifestyle magazine that every young woman had to have. An essential…
In the 1920s and ’30s, the New Typography movement spearheaded by the likes of Jan Tschichold, Karel Teige, Herbert Bayer,…
“Anni Albers is very much a designer’s artist,” says Priyesh Mistry, one of the curators of the Tate Modern’s vast 2019…
Bauhaus design’s impact on today’s graphics is hard to overestimate. Associated with primary colors, thick straight lines slashing across white space,…
Recently, #bauhaus overtook #brutalism as one of the most popular design and architecture hashtags on Instagram. Peruse the associated images…
This is the last week you’ll be reading about the Bauhaus this year (on this site, anyway)—we promise. In Germany…
It’s the time of year again when we zip down-filled puffers over layers of boiled wool and long underwear and…
Also in this week’s Design Diary, our roundup of projects, events, and general design world news, we bring you the…
Welcome to the Thanksgiving edition of Happy Hour. You might already be a bottle of wine deep into the day…
Earlier this month, The Atlantic unveiled the cover for its December issue, titled “How to Stop a Civil War.” The…
Name: Giga Medium Designer: Cihan Tamti Release Date: Late summer 2019 Back Story: It’s bonkers to think that this young…
When she’s introduced at conferences or exhibitions, it’s not uncommon for people to refer to Lyon-based graphic designer and gig…
Design writing may tend towards the hyperbolic, but we feel pretty confident proclaiming that Jamie Reid’s ’70s graphics ripped up…
I defy anyone to visit the Sic Est Vimeo channel and not spend far, far, longer than they intended sitting…
So many formative design love affairs begin with record sleeves, and no studio has played Cupid over the years more…
Name: Masqualero Designer: Jim Ford Foundry: Monotype Release Date: March 2017 Back story: Monotype’s newest typeface Masqualero—sleek, elegant, and ever so slightly menacing—is…
I’ll level with you, when I think of Sydney, a design powerhouse is not the first thing that pops into my…
Remember “the mixtape era?” No, not that awkward period when you sent cassettes of angsty love songs to unsuspecting high…
“Subcultures are now pop culture, and somehow (mostly ironically) the division between the two is so blurred that younger kids…
Dutch illustrator, silk screener, and designer Eline Van Dam (Zeloot to her clients and fans) stands out for her psychedelic…
No band has struggled with difficult-second-album syndrome quite as much as Australian DJ crew The Avalanches. Having kicked off the new…
