Jason Ramirez didn’t always have grand creative ambitions. Growing up in Topeka, Kansas, the designer, illustrator, and current art director…...
Can We End the Designer vs. Developer Debacle Already?
Between 2017 and 2018, Google produced a series of 24 short videos that saw digital designer Mustafa Kurtuldu interview a…...
“Diabolic Terminals and Drunky Alternates”—A Typeface Fit for A Designer-Run Brewery
Name: Caserne Brewery typeface Designers: Montreal-based Caserne created the visual identity that spawned the font, while nearby foundry Coppers and Brasses is behind…...
“Decolonizing Means Many Things to Many People”: Four Practitioners Discuss Decolonizing Design
Last year, I wrote an article for Eye on Design that asked what decolonization means in the context of design.…...
Overheard on Design Twitter: an Ethics Lesson, Creative Process Real-talk, And an Underwhelming New Logo
Last week, #DesignTwitter launched into a classic ethics question: Is it possible to separate an artist from their work? Designers…...
High-design Healthcare is Getting the Millennial Branding Treatment
Going to the doctor has always required a level of visual patience. Forms need second reads; digital interfaces require rebooting;…...
What Is Molecular Typography, and Why Is It Back in Style?
Type designers have a bit of a reputation for being meticulous, which makes sense considering the nuances of creating letterforms…...
Cooper Black Never Went Out of Style—So Why Does It Need a Redesign?
Name: New Kansas Designer: Miles Newlyn Foundry: Newlyn Release Date: February 14, 2020 Back Story: Whoever you are, and whether…...
Calm Technology Is Staging a Comeback—Can Good Design Make it Stick?
Last week I made progress. I was down 20 minutes. Instead of spending an average of three hours a day…...
La IA tiene un impacto ambiental real: así es como lo están manejando los diseñadores
Uno de los materiales fundamentales de la informática es una cinta interminable. «Una capacidad de memoria ilimitada obtenida en forma de una cinta infinita, marcada en cuadrados», es como Alan Turing describió su modelo matemático de 1936 y el antepasado de la computadora. Según el modelo de Turing, la máquina leería y escribiría símbolos en celdas individuales en la cinta...
In the 1970s, The Detroit Printing Co-op Showed the Revolutionary Potential of Design
In 1969, a group of friends travelled from Detroit to Chicago to pick up an ancient, cumbersome Harris offset printing…...
Una fuente experimental que combina la tradición popular ucraniana + música electrónica
Historia de fondo: Valentyn Tkachenko es un diseñador gráfico de Kyiv, Ucrania, que, como muchos otros diseñadores gráficos que conocemos, está obsesionado con la música underground. En particular, está obsesionado con la música experimental ucraniana, que a menudo combina estilos modernos de música electrónica con motivos de canciones tradicionales ucranianas. Cita a artistas como YUKO , ONUKA , Alina Pash...