During the vinyl age (roughly the early ’50s through the ’70s), LP album covers played an essential role in music enthusiasts’ first-time listening ritual. This involved delicately removing the 12″ (or 10″) disc from its… Read More »The Daily Heller: All That Jazzy Record Cover Design
During Hispanic Heritage Month this past September, the Chicago lowrider festival, Slow & Low, turned Navy Pier into a civic space for a living culture. The festival is a public exhibition authored by the community it… Read More »Span Gives Chicago Lowrider Festival Slow & Low a Reverent Brand Identity
Jerry Takigawa is a rare kind of thinker, someone who approaches the world not just with creativity but with deep awareness, humility, and care. His work as an artist and storyteller explores what it means… Read More »The Design of Embracing the Paradox of Growth With Jerry Takigawa
Designer and lettering artist Mark Caneso churns out one vibrant, personality-filled typeface after another, so it’s no mystery why he is a regular in our Type Tuesday column. His newest release, Please, is a family… Read More »Please Breaks With Etiquette in All the Right Places
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 Paul Corrigan
Storytelling is as old as the Lascaux Cave paintings. Imagine prehistorical storytellers illustrating their own tales. That custom, skill and art has not fundamentally changed. Stories are how humans connect, create, and communicate, The Future… Read More »The Daily Heller: How Immersive Storytelling Experiences Envelope Us