Design Criticism
The world isn’t perfect, and neither is the design industry. Our op-eds give a realistic look at areas where the industry could improve, from critiquing specific designs to looking at how design can address (and hopefully help reverse) historical mistakes.
Can Commercial Art Ever Be “Art”?

Weekend Heller: Research, Then Write

PRINT Magazine Spring 2017 – The Hollywood Issue: San Francisco

A Printed Magazine About Printed Design

On Disruption and Complacency in Design Today

Weekend Heller: Alt Logo

The Passionate Thoughts of Jessica Helfand

Vintage Goya

The Nature of Inspiration: Charley Harper’s Minimal Realism

When The Times Went Grunge

On the Missing Narrative of the iPhone 7 Launch

Illustration, Illuminated: Turning a Critical Eye Toward the History of Illustration

Posters and Women’s Rights

It’s All Greek to Me: A Brief History of Lorem Ipsum Text

Literacy and Resonance: Humanity and Design

The Problem With Nudity

18 Illustrated Quotes by Seymour Chwast

Designing Terrorists

Weekend Heller: VOTE or Shut Up!

Museum With a Tiny Footprint and Big Swagger

Seymour Chwast At War With War

Designer Manuja Waldia Reinvents the Bard for the 21st century

Bread & Circus: Ignorance & Brand Participation in TV Advertising
