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…
In 1966, Scott Paper Co., an American company that made a range of paper products, released an advertisement for their…
Like Go-Gurt before it, the playful ethos of olive oil brand Graza, which launched earlier this year, is defined by…
Café Royal Books is a one-man print archive of culture, community, and social change based in Southport, UK. This impressive…
You probably don’t need me to tell you that the publishing world is a tough business. While the internet —…
Name: Good Girl Designer: Marion Bisserier Foundry: Type Department Release Date: July 2022 Back Story: We don’t often run ‘sequels’…
Designers aren’t created in a vacuum. They’re shaped by their environments and the people around them, and it’s through mentorship…
When you work at a print publication, it’s easy to get fatigued by years of conversations about the death of…
It was only 50 cents. But it was 50 cents that perhaps changed the look of pop culture as we…
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock has been at the cutting edge of technology for many of his 82 years. Like his contemporary…
Interactive design is reaching a crossroads, and no one knows this better than designer Ian Burns, the group creative director…
Mirko Borsche’s website design for DJ and musician Laurel Halo is pretty much what you’ve come to expect from the Munich-based designer,…
Since the release of Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California and Graphic Design, 1936-1986, graphic designer and educator Louise Sandhaus’…
In a world where “flat” web design is ever-present, it can be tough sometimes to tell the difference between a wireframe…
The first thing that strikes you about Diego Zambrano is his beard, a formidable work of facial hair impressive enough to…
Designing interactive websites with motion graphics? Awesome. Coding them? Not so much. The fact that motion design is quickly becoming…
The world of digital arts is constantly introducing new ways to to tell a story, yet the traditional book hasn’t evolved…
Unlike design firms that employ people with similar degrees and backgrounds, the 22-member team at HUSH is a curiously quirky,…
Soccer may be the national game in Brazil, but for Brazilian designer Andre do Amaral, life was all about digital design…
As magazines go through a seemingly unstoppable resurgence in popularity, questions still hover over their digital counterparts. Is a beautifully…
