Debbie Millman’s ongoing project “What Matters,” an effort to understand the interior life of artists, designers, and creative thinkers, is now in its third year. Each respondent is invited to answer ten identical questions and… Read More »What Matters to Eng-San Kho
The Living New Deal is a donor-supported nonprofit that began as a research project at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2007. Through crowdsourced research and a dedicated part-time staff, they have grown into a… Read More »The Daily Heller: The Living New Deal’s Mission to Preserve America’s Legacy
100 Days is an annual project at New York City’s School of Visual Arts that was founded by Michael Bierut. Each year, the students of the school’s Master’s in Branding Program spend 100 days documenting their process… Read More »100 Days: Portraits of Quality Time by AJ Nielsen
Candylab, the brand that turned wooden toy cars into small works of art, has always lived at the crossroads of nostalgia and design. But even beautiful brands can lose their way. For Candylab, that moment… Read More »For Ages Three to Infinity: Selman Reimagines Candylab for Grown-Ups
Famous logo and graphic pun. This post was originally published on May 9, 2023, when I was taking a poll of artists and designers about their respective futures in the brave new work-a-day world. Most… Read More »The Daily Heller: When Is it Time to Retire?!
The episode always begins the same way. A body is found, detectives arrive, and the camera cuts to the courtroom. The doors swing open, mahogany gleams, the seal of the state hovers above the bench,… Read More »The Design of Authority: How Design is Used to Control Behavior