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,…...
Shimmer, Neon, Nature—Here are the Trends That Have Defined the Year In Book Cover Design
A book cover is a time capsule. It crystalizes, in compact rectangular form, the visual whims of graphic design. Covers…...
BallPill is What a Font Looks Like When its Designer’s on the Rebound
Name: BallPill Designer: Benoît Bodhuin (specimens printed by Quintal Éditions) Release Date: March 2020 Back Story: French type designer Benoît…...
Illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli on Creativity, Routines, and Why Reading a Book Is the Ultimate Form of Inspiration
On the day of my interview with Olimpia Zagnoli—via FaceTime from London—I take a peek at the celebrated 36-year-old illustrator’s…...
Behind the Psychedelic Scenes of New Netflix Series The Midnight Gospel
On April 20, Netflix released The Midnight Gospel, an eight-episode, psycho-cosmic adventure spun by the brilliant minds of Pendleton Ward—of…...
If Type Designers Are Such Perfectionists, Why Sell Fonts That Aren’t Even Finished?
“Everything is in progress” was the curiously open-ended statement that heralded the launch of Future Fonts back in 2018. The…...
Reaching for Resilience in the Time of Covid-19
A month ago, the brilliant designer Bobby C. Martin spoke to my typography students at Fordham University about his storied…...
I’m A Design Student—What Happens Next?
There’s always a level of uncertainty that comes with entering the workforce after design school. But for the graduating class…...