The Adventures of Florian, a Comic by Adam Higton, Part 5

This week, Florian weighs up the pros and cons of working from home.

Words by
Adam Higton

Published on
September 4th, 2017

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Design + Education

Can We Teach Graphic Design History Without Chronology?

Chronology is so ubiquitous that it seems almost natural. Human beings age and die, which means we experience linear duration…

Graphic design

Amid Land Disputes, An Unconventional Map Preserves Practices of Secrecy in Indigenous Communities

Architectural notation, the precise language by which windows and doors become lines and arcs, typically has little use outside of…

Design + Music

CD Sales Are Booming in the K-Pop World, Where Album Design Takes Center Stage

K-pop encompasses a lot more than just the common label of popular music from South Korea. It’s an entire industry,…

Graphic design

When Did Design Stop Being “Multidisciplinary?”

Around the same time every year, half-way through the Spring semester, just as the pull of Summer begins, my students…

Typography

Takenobu Igarashi Pushed the Parameters of Typography with His Hand-drawn 3D Letterforms

Japanese-born educator and designer Takenobu Igarashi’s 20-year creative career brought an architectural understanding of form and space to the world…

Design + Diversity

The Publishing Collective One of My Kind Uses Zines as a Medium for Community Building

This story was originally published in 2018 in the “Utopias” issue of Eye on Design magazine. Surrounded by biryani…

Digital

Why Is It So Challenging to Design an Ethical Cookie Consent Bar?

Pop-up notifications are like internet gnats. Software updates, loud banner ads, unwanted thumbnail videos set to autoplay—they crowd your field…

Design + Diversity

Collaboration, Cultural Nuance + Localism—A Conversation on Reshaping the Design Monolith

Sometimes the design scene can feel like a Eurocentric monolith. Does every app need to look as if it were…

Design + Music

Vaporwave is Dead, Long Live Vaporwave

This story was originally published in the “Utopias” issue of Eye on Design magazine. Vaporwave is a thoroughly internet-birthed…

Op-ed

Packaging Designers Have A Responsibility to Push Clients Toward Ethical Transparency

Imagine you’re browsing the aisles of Whole Foods for your next meal, when your eyes pass over a package of…

Design + Politics

The History of Ballot Design is the History of Democracy

The act of voting has never felt so critical. With accusations of rigged elections, voter fraud, machine malfunctions, and vote…

Design + Gender

The Feminist Findings Zine Uncovers Forgotten Histories of Feminist Publishing

A curious mix of logos meet on the cover of the Feminist Findings zine. From the sinuous, fluid logo of…

The Adventures of Florian, a Comic by Adam Higton, Part 5

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