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Marvel’s Comic Book Logos Break All the Design Rules, But That’s Part of Their Charm

My attraction to graphic design started with comic books covers. Like a lot of artistic comic nerds, my pre-teen friends and I would painstakingly redraw our favorite panels from Iron Man; while they drew characters and scenes, I was the guy drawing Iron Man’s shiny, machined logo—rivets and all. I was enamored by the lettering’s three-dimensional form, as if it...

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Beauty Packaging Gets a Gender-neutral Makeover

Welcome to Form Factor, our column exploring the intersection of packaging, branding, and culture. When skincare brand Soft Services launched in 2021, it did so with an unorthodox approach to beauty packaging. Founded by Glossier alums Annie Kreighbaum and Rebecca Zhou, the line of “body care” products traded the approach of perfectly-uniform-brand for creating an assortment of unique bottles, tubes,...

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ABBA’s True Visual Legacy May Surprise You

The art of symmetry is a mathematical one. In its purest form it represents balance, from weights on a scale to the anatomy of the human face. Derived from the Greek summetria (“sun,” with or together, and “metro,” to measure), symmetry can be discovered both physically and metaphorically all around us.  In 1972, symmetry was found in a band of...

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The Inclusive World of Multisensory Typography

Design does not exist in a vacuum. We are constantly and simultaneously surrounded by textures, contours, smells, sights, and sounds. As designers, we should consider all of the senses when we design—not only so we can more fully connect to our audience, but also so we can be more inclusive. Every person brings their individual history with them when experiencing...

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Peace, Love, & Protests: The Creative Community Responds to the Ukraine Invasion

The first missiles fell at 5 a.m. local time on February 24. Following weeks of military build-up and increasingly antagonistic comments, Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. As civilians fled their homes, towards the border or into underground shelters, the global creative community was quick to respond. From Poland to Portugal, Russia to Ukraine, illustrators...

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Cosplay—a Typeface Inspired By an Abstract Artist (and Even a Bit of Camouflage)

Name: Cosplay Designer: Philipp Herrmann Distributor: Out of the Dark Release Date: January Back Story: Philipp Herrmann studied at the University of Applied Arts in Zurich from 2002–2007—“but I only came in contact with type design during a three-month internship at Dalton Maag in London,” he says. Thereafter, Herrmann took the self-taught route, and he completed his first typeface, the...