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Words – and Images – on Ed Fella

Ed Fella’s AIGA Medalist profile sums him up succinctly: He’s “one of the most influential designers of the last quarter century.” And now he’s retiring. But having been friends since I first interviewed him for Emigre back in 1993, I …

Weekend Heller: Bush’s Paintings, Sutnar’s Comics, Harris’s “I Love Your Work” Video

George W. Bush: Painter of Pooches If you’ve missed not having George W. Bush to kick around, heeeeee’s back. First, the opening of his presidential library. Second, news that he’s joined the likes of Winston Churchill and has become a …

In the Studio: Browns

We visited Jonathan Ellery, the founder of Browns, in the firm’s office to talk about his distracting cats and primitive typing skills. Photography by Christine Navin Location London Bridge, Bermondsey, southeast London Year started 1998 Size 3,000 …

Dialogue: Arachne for the Digital Age

The New York–based textiles company Maharam is a fourth-generation, family-run business. It has been reinvented by each successive generation, which probably accounts for its unusual longevity in the dysfunctional realm of family businesses. Louis Maharam, its founder, was a Russian …

Ripps It Up

The artist Ryder Ripps searches for honesty online. “The only way to distinguish yourself from anyone else on the web is through honesty,” Ryder Ripps told me over dinner in Brooklyn one night. “People have the ability to choose …

Interview with Stefan Sagmeister

DEBBIE MILLMAN: Many years ago, in one of our previous interviews, I asked you what kind of project you’d like to work on that you hadn’t yet had an opportunity to do. You said it would be the redesign of …

Design TV: Get Your Creative Juices Flowing

Design TV, presented by HOW and Print, brings you creativity and career advice from the design industry’s most successful business owners and visionaries, including authors Armin Vit and Stefan Mumaw. Learn how to advance your portfolio and your creative process …

Marks Men: An Interview With Ivan Chermayeff, Tom Geismar, and Sagi Haviv of Chermayeff & Geismar

This month Print will release its first book under the newly established Print Publications line. Identify: Basic Principles of Identity Design in the Iconic Trademarks of Chermayeff & Geismar looks back at the last half century of work by Chermayeff & Geismar, the design …

Interview with Irma Boom

When Irma Boom makes a book, it’s not just a book but the book. The 50-year-old Dutch designer can spend years researching a project, and she insists on being a partner, not an employee. But her imperiousness is in the …

Interview with MacFadden & Thorpe

MacFadden & Thorpe is the studio of Brett MacFadden & Scott Thorpe who, while demonstrating a particular focus on expressive typography, collaborate with a variety of clients on many different types of projects. Location Downtown San Francisco Year the …