eyeondesign

The Provocative and Prescient Work of Archie Boston Jr.

When Archie Boston Jr., the nationally recognized art director, designer, educator, and author, talks about graphic design, he also talks about God, ethics, activism, race, and legacy—though he doesn’t use that last word when speaking about his career. Boston’s legacy isn’t one that lives in the future, though it will; it’s one that thrives today in the expanding voices of...

diariodesign

Andreu Carulla diseña un restaurante de lo más NORMAL para los Roca.

Una sensibilidad y creatividad sin límites se dan cita en NORMAL, el nuevo restaurante de los hermanos Roca en el ‘barri vell’ de Girona. Un lugar donde lo normal resulta extraordinario, en el que el diseñador artesano Andreu Carulla materializa la sinergia entre gastronomía y diseño “made in Girona”. Normal y corriente Desde este verano, la […] La entrada Andreu Carulla...

experimenta

Maestros del Diseño en América Latina: Peter Mussfeldt (Ecuador)

El diseñador gráfico y artista visual Peter Mussfeldt nació en la ciudad de Berlín, Alemania, en 1938. Muy pronto se enamoró de América Latina, y se mudó a Ecuador en 1962, consolidándose como un pionero -si no el primero- del diseño gráfico en este país. La entrada Maestros del Diseño en América Latina: Peter Mussfeldt (Ecuador) apareció primero en Experimenta....

Marcus Rashford stars in new Google ad

We are living in divisive times, where it is all too easy for people to choose anger and rash judgements over listening and attempting to get to grips with another’s point of view. In Google’s latest ad, the tech giant attempts to point out why asking questions about things we don’t understand – whether it be cultural differences or complex...

A new show celebrates the work of graphic design pioneer E McKnight Kauffer

Hailed by his contemporaries as “the poster king”, 20th century graphic designer E McKnight Kauffer brought an avant-garde aesthetic to industries including literature, theatre, transport and more throughout his hugely successful career. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum holds one of the most extensive collections of Kauffer’s designs in the world. The New York museum’s new show, Underground Modernist, is the...

eyeondesign

The Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois Repackaged as a Typeface

Name: VTC Du Bois Designer: Tré Seals Foundry: Vocal Type Release date: June 2021 Back Story: For Tré Seals, history and cultural representation inform his typography. From the  Anti-Apartheid Movement to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, his studio, Vocal Type, confronts the racial and gender disparities of our past as a means to create typographical forms. Seals’ latest font, Du...