Before 2008 AIGA Medalist Gail Anderson was Art Director for Rolling Stone or a designer for the Boston Globe or…...
How Protesters in Hong Kong Use Illustration to Make Their Voices Heard
This piece is part of a series that looks at the past year of protests—in Hong Kong, Beirut, Delhi, and…...
Fruit Sticker Decals Are Like “Seals of Approval”
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An Interview with “Broobs,” the Artist Behind Instagram’s Favorite Political Posters
I started following @broobs.psd on Instagram on May 1, International Workers Day, after I saw several friends sharing a poster…...
5 Tips For Perfecting Your Portfolio Presentation
This story is part of a collaboration between Eye on Design and the students at the University of Texas at…...
How Can Designers Responsibly Use Science Fiction as Inspiration?
You’ve probably seen it a dozen times: Tom Cruise waves his hands in front of a blank, glassy screen, and…...
Do We Really Need Another Grotesque? The Answer’s in the Details
Name: Forever Grotesk Designer: Anton Studer Foundry: Nouvelle Noire Release Date: May 2020 Back Story: Does the world really need any more Grotesque…...
In Web Design, Accessibility Shouldn’t Be an Afterthought
“It isn’t hard to lose sight of the bigger picture for the things we help build: How could it be…...
The Design Collective Taking on Structural Racism in the Industry
For Vanessa Newman, building communities is like second nature. Their most recent one, Design to Divest, is on a mission…...
Can We Trust Digital Assistants to Keep Our Data Private?
Walking through the world, we leave a trail of bits and bytes in our wake. People generate an astonishing amount…...
How to Tackle a “Fantastic but Scary” Type Brief For Nike
Name: “Shizzle” (Unofficially, that is. The typeface doesn’t technically have a name, but this is what TwoPoints.Net cofounder Martin Lorenz…...
The Animation Studios Fostering Localized, Original Storytelling in India and Pakistan
When the animated short film Wade opens to the stillness of a Kolkata ravaged by the forces of climate change,…...