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Eleanor Grosch
by Emily Gordon
So many animals end up in the Eleanor Grosch universe—on the pillows, rock posters, and Keds where her designs appear, for instance—that a Dr. Dolittle comparison wouldn’t be off base. In fact, she named... More
Gary Fogelson
by Claire Lui
Recently, Gary Fogelson’s building super stopped by. “Hey, you’re a designer, right?” he asked. “Can you do an ad for my tile business?” Other designers might have declined a request to put together... More
Elena Wen
by Caitlin Dover
Imagine you’re reading a funny, dark fairy tale, and the characters suddenly, magically, start moving on the page. Elena Wen’s animations are like that—when the pictures come to life, the viewer enters... More
Michael Perry
by James Gaddy
Michael Perry likes being busy, and it shows. In the past year, he’s participated in an art show, edited and art directed his own magazine, and released a book of hand-drawn type published by Princeton... More
Friends With You
by Caleb Neelon
Meet Friends With You and you’ll come away hugged, happy, and full of energy. The Miami-based duo became friends after meeting in the rave scene during college... More
Birthe Steinbeck
by R. Jay Magill
“I’m crazy for type,” confesses Birthe Steinbeck. “I feel like a nerd sometimes for looking at it so closely, collecting it, loving it. One day I was coming out of the airport in Stuttgart and I saw a new sign for Bosch.... More
Travis Stearns
by Cathy Fishel
Travis Stearns mixes sharp-angled geometry with fluid curves and funky swashes to create typography and illustrations that seem ready to dance off the page. The wordplay and sexy texture... More
Holly Gressley
by Jeremy Lehrer
“The thing that gets me excited is not necessarily having some sort of dream project, but figuring out how to do a project in an interesting way,” observes Holly Gressley, over lunch at the Times Square eatery... More
Ted McGrath
by Edward Lovett
During Ted McGrath’s senior year at Pratt Institute, two one-on-one critiques in the same week took the following turn: “That thing you’re doodling is better than the work you turned in,” McGrath recalls... More
Jeffrey Docherty
by Jami Attenberg
On Jeffrey Docherty’s desk, there’s a marked-up copy of the science and culture magazine Seed, where he works as art director. He flips through a recent issue, pointing out a handful of practically... More
Nicole Jacek
by James Gaddy
Nicole Jacek has learned at the feet of the masters: She interned for Stefan Sagmeister, worked for a year next to Ian Anderson at The Designers Republic, received an impromptu mentoring session at M/M Paris... More
Jonathan Harris
by Lindsay Ballant
The journey through Jonathan Harris’s Universe—the website, that is—begins with a single word. Type in that word, and as you mouse over the browser window, a series of constellation-like icons appears... More
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