I have designed myself (my life, that is) into a corner. I think about what to write for this daily column every night before I hit the pillow … but rather than fall asleep, I… Read More »The Middle-of-the-Night Heller: An Insomniac’s Wake-Up Call
It’s never been easier to make something that looks like design. Type a few words into a prompt, and a logo, poster, or campaign visual appears in seconds. For nonprofits with small budgets and big… Read More »Why Design Craft Still Matters in a World of Automation
If you’re a business leader, creative director, entrepreneur, or someone curious (or even a little anxious) about how AI fits into your work, this episode is for you. In this conversation, Justin Ahrens talks with… Read More »The Design of AI as a Creative Partner: Scott Meyer of Chipp.ai
Another day, another legacy brand rolling out a striking refresh. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has just unveiled a new rebrand to bring the institution into the digital age, the first in over… Read More »Johnson Banks Delivers RIBA’s First RI-Brand in a Quarter Century
What began as a fun side project on Instagram soon exploded into something much bigger. And now the two creative friends have turned it into an online directory and a business. We talked to them… Read More »George Wu and Malika Favre launch ‘I Can’t Afford This But Maybe She Can’ bazaar
When I was a teen, I did everything imaginable to get my cartoons and drawings printed in Evergreen Review, the most “radical” periodical of the 1960s, which famously published Robert Grossman, Brad Holland, Tomi Ungerer,… Read More »The Daily Heller: The Venerable Magazine ‘Evergreen’