Some places resist branding. Not because they lack identity, but because their identity is too vast, too layered, too alive to be reduced to a logo, a slogan, or a neatly packaged campaign. The Brazilian… Read More »How Do You Brand a Living Ecosystem? Brazil’s New Amazon Identity Offers an Answer.
Question for a lazy weekend: Should a tag, seal, warning or label of authenticity be imprinted anytime Artificial Intelligence is used to create the dominant portion of a design or artwork? Some credits already read:… Read More »The Daily Heller: Does AI-Generated Art Demand a Seal of Disapproval?
For Chicago-based artist and designer Alyssa Low, it began with a quiet sketch. A visual diary during the early days of the pandemic. “I was just trying to express what I was feeling, when words… Read More »The Design Of Bold Joy With Alyssa Low
Project 2 by The 2Craigs continues with its latest installment, extending the year-long creative exchange between photographer Craig Cutler and illustrator Craig Frazier. Moving from one piece to the next, each work emerges as an… Read More »Project 2 | Dialogue: The 2Craigs
The Complete Zap Comix from Fanatagraphics, September 2026 (Advance order below) Zap #1 was the spearhead of the comic book revolution. In my universe it was a revelation, too—a zap to the brain. Before its… Read More »The Daily Heller: ‘Zap’ in the Box
Many native Los Angeles artists grow up visiting LACMA, dreaming of one day having their work on view in its galleries. Few actually have these aspirations come to fruition, but Alfonso Gonzalez Jr. is now… Read More »Alfonso Gonzalez Jr. Gives New Context to Street Art and Commercial Signage in New LACMA Show