Karolina Wojtas celebrates the messy magic of sibling rivalries

All images: We Can’t Live – Without Each Other, 2019. Courtesy Fotogalleri Vasli Souza If you’ve got a sibling, there’s a good chance you’ll have experienced that relationship as a rivalry. You might even have your own tales from childhood, later evolving into urban legends that still have conflicting testimonies all these years later. We know, they started it. Polish...

Black & Abroad’s new campaign documents Black cultural data across the US

Creative data-focused ad agency Performance Art has created a digital map that visualises Black cultural data in the US for travel and lifestyle company Black & Abroad. Dubbed the Black Elevation Map, the dynamic, searchable elevation map of the United States brings to life cultural data such as historical markers, Black-owned businesses, Black population data and social media activity as...

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Maestros del Diseño en America Latina: Octavio Santa Cruz (Perú)

El doctor en historia del arte, magister en Literatura Peruana y Latinoamericana, licenciado en arte, guitarrista, decimista, cantautor, narrador y diseñador gráfico Octavio Santa Cruz nació en 1943, en Lima, Perú. Con exposiciones individuales y colectivas, eventos, conferencias y labor docente, así como premios nacionales e internacionales, el inició su aprendizaje en el estudio del diseñador suizo Werner Stockli, en...

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Platia, a Typeface with Victorian Roots, Soft Details, and Modern Refinement

Name: Platia Designer: Toshi Omagari Foundry: Omega Type Foundry Release date: December 2021 Back Story: Omagari has a long-standing fondness for the Hellenic Wide genre of typefaces (especially those seen in antique ephemera such as booklets, maps, and tickets). Hellenic Wide is a subcategory of wide, low-contrast 19th-century slab serif typefaces, originally available from several foundries under a variety of...