Custom Type and Non-Linguistic Visuals Anchor a Community Brand in Heritage and Accessibility
For Denver’s historic Sun Valley neighborhood, Wunder Werkz created a brand identity with a custom typeface and unique non-linguistic visual system, designed to look forward and honor the community’s rich cultural heritage.
My Favorite Things: The Multitasking Myth
Tom Guarriello on our instincts, what “real attention” looks and feels like, and rejecting the myth of multitasking.
Hey Jane’s Latest Abortion Care Campaign Meets Women Where They are— the Bar Bathroom
The healthcare and abortion provider has launched an out of home campaign in bar bathrooms throughout Chicago.
This is a Prototype: Janaki Kumar + Stefanie Kubanek
Doug Powell talks to Janaki Kumar, JPMorgan Chase’s head of design, and Stefanie Kubanek, a designer and design educator, about the leadership qualities you can’t learn from a book or classroom.
The Daily Heller: What Do William Morris and Sgt. Pepper Have in Common?
Dr. Michael John Goodman explains.
News From a Changing Planet: One Fish, Two (Billion) Fish, “Red” Fish, New Fish
Tatiana Schlossberg on the truth and consequences of the global salmon farming industry, and deciding what tradeoffs we are willing to make.
Pentagram’s Branding for Storefront Art and Architecture Gala Pays Homage to NYC’s Public Spaces
PRINT’s Jessica Deseo on the visual mementos in Pentagram’s branding for Storefront’s 2023 benefit.
10 of the Best Book Covers of the Month, Feat. Zoe Norvell
Designer Zoe Norvell makes 10 powerful cover picks.
The Daily Heller: Skolos and Wedell on Harmony, Conflict and Resolution
Nancy Skolos and Tom Wedell riff on “Overlap/Dissolve” … and how their creative ideas merge, overlap and dissolve.
Meanwhile: Interesting
Daniel Benneworth-Gray on Russell Davies’ new book, old 7UP marketing literature, and some ‘good’ online stuff.
Homes of Famous Artists: Jean DeBuffet
In this biweekly series, Seymour Chwast imagines the homes of iconic creative figures.
The Daily Heller: I (Heart) Old New York
Steven Heller looks back on the many character transformations of New York City.
What Matters to Lauren Maffeo
Design professor, writer, and VP of the American Institute of Graphic Arts’ DC chapter Lauren Maffeo on saying yes to travel with loved ones, discipline, and kind words.
Revision Path: Shanae Chapman
Cutting into Alexa Edgerton’s Viral Cake Letters
The Daily Heller: John Jay’s Audacious Bloomies Shopping Bags
Horizontal Thinking
The Daily Heller: ‘A Swirling Palimpsest of Spectral Voices, Textures, Whispers and Type’
Anonymous Art Collective Shines a Light on Our Environmental Impact
Bloomingdale’s Big Brown Bag Celebrates 50 Years
The Daily Heller: Yesterday’s Car of the Future Today
This is a Prototype: Heidi Munc + Gus Granger
Life Doesn’t Come With GPS. Especially When You Need It Most
Design Matters
Design Matters: Paula Scher, Emily Oberman and Michael Bierut, Celebrating 50 Years of Pentagram
Design royalty Paula Scher, Emily Oberman and Michael Bierut join this special live episode to celebrate and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the legendary, multi-disciplinary, independently owned design studio, Pentagram with a new, two-volume book, PENTAGRAM AT 50: LIVING BY DESIGN.
The Daily Heller
The Daily Heller: The Empathetic Sketchbook
Sketcher Press’ latest book, “Different & the Same,” features from-life sketches by Melanie Reim.
The Daily Heller: The Human Faces of Skid Row
Charles Traub aimed his lens at the inhabitants of the skid rows in uptown Chicago and downtown New York with an eye to bringing humanity to social invisibility.
The Daily Heller: A Breathtaking Profusion of World Graphic Design From 1915–1950
Michael Ilk has completed his massive “Global Avantgarde,” a 400-plus-page catalog (or “mirror of my collection”) of mostly rare pieces.
The Daily Heller: Illustration Personified in 33 Issues
Charles Hively on the latest issue of “3×3”—the beautifully designed and printed magazine devoted to profiling contemporary illustrators.
The Daily Heller: Brazen Experiments, Phygital Media and Ferrofluid, Huh?
Inscript exists at the intersection of advanced technologies and experimental thinking.
The Daily Heller: Society of Illustrators Inducts Chwast Into Hall of Fame
You’d be forgiven for thinking he was already there.
The Daily Heller: The Rise of American Ruins
“Lost in America: Photographing the Last Days of Our American Treasures” features 100 buildings that have been demolished over the past 100 years.
The Daily Heller: Doin’ the Lantern Fly Stomp
Get ready for a new dance sensation.
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The Latest UNO Artiste Series Deck Features Shantell Martin’s Iconic Line Drawings
The whimsical illustrator’s instantly recognizable linework graces a sophisticated, innovative new take on the card game from Mattel Creations.
It’s Time to Change the Conversation About Change
Hyperakt’s Deroy Peraza and Sruthi Sadhujan on why strategy, branding, and design are essential to building a more just and joyous society.
Catch Up with Graphic Design Giant Neville Brody at Our Next PRINT Book Club
On September 14th, the British design icon will be in conversation with Debbie Millman and Steven Heller to talk ‘The Graphic Language of Neville Brody 3.’
The Daily Heller: Is Post-Branding a Thing?
“What is Post-Branding?” is reminiscent of Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore’s “The Medium is the Massage,” and brings some of those pre-branding, pre-digital ideas to the 21st century.
Are We Losing Color? All Logos Are Starting To Look The Same.
“Recently, I’ve noticed a new stylistic trend that’s been overwhelming the app icons populating my phone background. And it’s colorless.”
If You’ve Been Trying to Shake Off Your Notebook-Buying Habit, Consider Yourself “Foiled Again”
The craftsmen over at Field Notes just unveiled a line of glittery, special edition memo books featuring hot-stamped foil on indigo card stock.
Six Cinquième Helps Bring Montreal’s Historic Black Cultural Institution Back to Life
The Montreal-based agency was tapped to revive The Centre for Canadians of African Descent with an identity to match its ambitions.
Telling a New Story About Your Philanthropic Organization
Remaking your organization from the inside out is challenging. Branding can help communicate your organization’s new reality.
The Daily Heller: The Invasive Branding of Nazareth University
Span ditched the shields inherent in academic branding and worked with the Naz community to discover an all-new direction.
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