My Pinterest account has about 200 boards, each with a healthy quantity of pins. One of these boards is “word of the day,” with 507 pins. I pin words I find intriguing in any language.… Read More »Palinoia and Patient Mastery
Can something exemplify being etched in stone and flow as if drawn with a broad-nib pen? GT Pantheon, the newest typeface from the famed Swiss foundry Grilli Type, can and does. GT Pantheon was released… Read More »Chisel & Flow: GT Pantheon is a New Classic
Debbie Millman has an ongoing project at PRINT titled “What Matters.” This is an effort to understand the interior life of artists, designers, and creative thinkers. This facet of the project is a request of… Read More »What Matters to Phuong Nguyen
Maira Kalman is a poet whose pictures are words come alive. After seeing a Kalman image, one cannot help but feel comfort, whether it’s a COVID-era billboard in Times Square or the new book Still… Read More »The Daily Heller: Maira Kalman Celebrates the Dark and Light of Remorse
Lock by Mark Bloom and Diana Ovezea Hailing from both indie designers and larger foundries, these cool fonts could come in handy for your end-of-year design projects. As autumn settles in, winter approaches, and we… Read More »The best new typefaces for October from leading foundries and designers
We talk to the up-and-coming claymation animator Alistair Nicholls about his hands-on process, the smell of plasticine, 1970s camera lenses and handmade film noir. No method of creativity is as tactile as claymation. You can… Read More »‘Nothing replicates the rustic, magical energy of stop-motion,’ says animator Alistair Nicholls