Japanese-born educator and designer Takenobu Igarashi’s 20-year creative career brought an architectural understanding of form and space to the world…...
Based on Lithuanian Folklore, the Cosmic ‘Aušrinė’ Blends Circle, Sun + Stars
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How Designer, Activist + Historian David King Defined a Visual Style for the Left
David King had one of the most remarkable graphic design careers of the 20th century. If his name is unfamiliar,…...
The Publishing Collective One of My Kind Uses Zines as a Medium for Community Building
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A Font Family Inspired by the “Beefy” Iron Letterforms On Manhole Covers
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Why Is It So Challenging to Design an Ethical Cookie Consent Bar?
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Collaboration, Cultural Nuance + Localism—A Conversation on Reshaping the Design Monolith
Sometimes the design scene can feel like a Eurocentric monolith. Does every app need to look as if it were…...
Vaporwave is Dead, Long Live Vaporwave
This story was originally published in the “Utopias” issue of Eye on Design magazine. Vaporwave is a thoroughly internet-birthed…...
A Typographic Cocktail of Brutalism and Early Computer Graphics—Plus a Dash of Yves Klein
Name: Signifier Designer: Kris Sowersby Foundry: Klim Type Foundry Release Date: August 2020 Back Story: Signifier is a heady brew of a typeface…...
Packaging Designers Have A Responsibility to Push Clients Toward Ethical Transparency
Imagine you’re browsing the aisles of Whole Foods for your next meal, when your eyes pass over a package of…...
The History of Ballot Design is the History of Democracy
The act of voting has never felt so critical. With accusations of rigged elections, voter fraud, machine malfunctions, and vote…...