It was once where Finland built most of its trains. Now it’s a cultural destination with restaurants, theatre and galleries. To bring it all to life, the identity began with a lifting symbol found on… Read More »A logo hiding in plain sight: how The Train Factory’s new identity came from an old safety mark
Shirley Girton Glaser, painter, author, curator and wife of Milton Glaser, passed away at their home in Chelsea on June 29 at the age of 95. “Being married to a design legend and a larger-than-life… Read More »The Daily Heller: Shirley Glaser, Curator, Painter and Photographer
From burnout after art school to designing menus and posters for London’s restaurant scene, the illustrator talks us through her journey and key learnings. When you hear about a graphic design job starting from pulling… Read More »‘Just to keep drawing’: The tale of how Innes Clark designed her way out of a bakery and into restaurant branding
The Bogota-based artist explains how a collection of hand-pinched ceramics, made in the days after an earthquake hit her home country, became a meditation on what keeps the world habitable. Danna Gutiérrez is a visual… Read More »Meet Danna Gutiérrez aka Gallina Clueka: The project turning drawings into tactile vessels you can hold
In essence, James Cook is just a guy from London who picked up a typewriter as a kid and started playing around with it. But now, years later, he’s turned that childhood experimentation into his… Read More »James Cook Creates Visual Masterpieces with His Typewriter, One Clickety-Clack At a Time
Before it was a federal holiday, Labor Day was recognized by labor activists and individual states. After municipal ordinances were passed in 1885 and 1886, a movement developed to secure state legislation. New York was… Read More »The Daily Heller: A Day for Laboring Over the Drawing Board