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…
“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: Simula Designer: Justin Sloane Foundry: Sharp Type Release Date: October 2019 Back Story: Justin Sloane was at a family…
Most of us have seen phishing emails—maybe a dodgy e-mail address asking about details for a bank you don’t even…
Also in this week’s Design Diary, our roundup of projects, events, and general design world news, we bring you a…
Welcome back to Overheard on Design Twitter, our semi-regular column where we sift through the good, bad, and in-between of…
There’s a new trend report out from Monotype, the mother of all type foundries (they own Helvetica, for starters), that…
In the 1920s and ’30s, the New Typography movement spearheaded by the likes of Jan Tschichold, Karel Teige, Herbert Bayer,…
Dear reader, Welcome to our own private utopia, where for 160 pages we indulge in a sweeping interpretation of a…
Name: Grand Slang Designer: Nikolas Wrobel Foundry: Nikolas Type Release Date: September 2019 Back Story: Grand Slang’s funky modern letterforms…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Creative person hits the creative ceiling in their not-so-creative small town. They…
Plus, in our Design Diary this week, two websites we implore you to check out: one with an experimental approach…
The poster for Ari Aster’s second feature film, the horror movie Midsommar, seems noticeably jarring for its genre. In the…
There’s a joke often told in the design world that goes something along the lines of this: “The client came…
On weekends, I often trade the gritty blacktop of the city for the quiet solitude of the forest. As billboards…
Nestled between downtown Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall and the leafy residential neighborhood of Fort Greene, there’s a corner address that vibrates…
How can something praiseworthy not shade immediately into hype? How can you deliver on the promise of secrets—actual, delectable secrets—without…
This month marks two fairly important milestones in my life. Within the next 30 days I will celebrate both my…
The ability to make things is a gift. The ability to make things beautifully is a blessing. I can no…
To me, it’s all about making connections. We designers connect words and images, visual ideas and concepts. We use associations…
2013 Academy Award-winning movie Gravity is not just a parable about the future of mankind, but of graphic design, too.…
