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How Knowing Your Type Design History Can Produce The Most Innovative Typefaces
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How Bernie Sanders Built a New Visual Language for Democratic Socialism
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The Eye on Design Guide to Self-isolation for Designers and Creatives
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Multimedia Artist Jaime Levy Was at the Forefront of Web Design Before Websites Even Existed
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What Would a Feminist Alexa Look, or Rather Sound, Like?
In an episode of the beloved animated 1960s sci-fi sitcom The Jetsons, Mrs. Jetson decides that housework is becoming too…...
Anatomy and Design Meet With Swedish Studio Bedow’s Crafty New Type Family
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Designing an Experimental Technology Curriculum By—and For—Black Creatives
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A Farewell Letter From Eye on Design’s Founder, Perrin Drumm
Dear reader, I’m up early this morning. I’m not a morning person, but if I’m up at 6 a.m. I…...
Can Graphic Design Help Mend a Political Divide?
For many extended families across the United Kingdom, 2016 became the year that we stopped talking to one another. Something…...
Finder, A Typeface Whose Invisibility Expands Its Use Cases
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