The creative technology industry has a diversity problem. Put differently, both industries—creative and technology—have some real work to do when…...
Celebrating the African-American Practitioners Absent From Way Too Many Classroom Lectures
‘As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes’ is an exhibition of work by African-American graphic designers that seeks to “question, inspire, activate, and…...
Why Role Models Matter: Celebrating Women of Color in Design
Read any article or report about minorities within the design industry and you’ll come across the words “excluded,” “oppressed,” and…...
Sending Off Black History Month With 5 Designs from the AIGA Archives
As Black History Month comes to a close, we’re beginning something new on Eye on Design: asking archivists, librarians, curators,…...
Typography as a Radical Act in an Industry Ever-dominated by White Men
Letterforms are loaded cultural objects—they often reflect the people who made them and the story they want to tell. In…...
Design’s Role in Activism Can Go Deeper Than Posters and T-Shirts
We first read this piece, written by Dori Tunstall, the dean of design at OCAD University in Toronto, in a…...
Can We Teach Graphic Design History Without the Cult of Hero Worship?
Let’s engage in a thought experiment. Think about what you know about graphic design history. Then omit all mention of…...
The Design “Collaboration” Platform That’s Gone Viral
It’s been almost exactly a year since Patrick Thomas came up with the first version of Open Collab, a low-tech,…...
Welcome to the High-Stakes World of… Data-viz Design?
Last summer, against the backdrop of a world that looks increasingly unfamiliar, three Brooklyn designers launched a studio with the…...
It’s Sharp, It’s Cool, It’s Both Retro and Futuristic—What’s With All the Chiseled Type?
Welcome to Spotted, Eye on Design’s new(ish) column that turns an eye (ahem) on the styles and graphic trends you’re…...
Fleur Cowles and the Making of Flair, History’s Most Beautiful Magazine
“Most women married to rich men hope for a yacht or racehorses or more jewels,” the legendary editor Fleur Cowles,…...
In Singapore, Residents Create a Social Distancing Wayfinding Language With Tape
Dots. Lines. Crosses. Boxes. They have popped up all across Singapore over the past few weeks. Plastered over furniture, floors,…...