What is more familiar than the shapes making up our alphabet? We learn to decipher these early in life, swapping in symbols for the sounds of spoken language and recognizing words as carriers of thought… Read More »Letterforms Are Containers for Ideas in ‘Alphabetical Playground’
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 Gabby Lord
One of my most engaging assignments in the class I teach on propaganda and truth is for students to find and discuss near-identical symbols that express contradictory messages—like the spiritual Swastika vs. the Hakenkreuz (or… Read More »The Daily Heller: Do You Want to Know the Meaning of Tattoos?
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 »‘Unexpected Brand Experts’: 100 Days by Dyna Rivera
If you’ve even spent one day in New York City, chances are you’ve encountered some unsightly scaffolding. The eyesore is so ever-present that most people probably don’t think much of it, as it’s been normalized… Read More »Facade Foundation Transforms Scaffolding Into Public Art Space
Little-known, but highly visible in her varied roles as designer, illustrator, production manager, landscape architect and copy editor, Dorothy Waugh created 17 posters between 1934 and 1937 as part of a major campaign to promote… Read More »The Daily Heller: Dorothy Waugh’s Graphic Design, Revived