Walter Heinz Allner (1909–2006) was a German-born Bauhaus-trained designer, painter, printmaker and, most memorably, the art director of Fortune magazine from 1962–1974. In addition to evolving the magazine’s Modernist typography, he created 79 striking minimalist… Read More »The Daily Heller: Walter Allner’s Bauhaus Influences
On August 19, a not-very-prominent story titled “Africa Is Big, and It Wants the World’s Maps to Show It” appeared in The New York Times. “Africa is roughly three times as large as Europe, but… Read More »A New World Map Begins to Repair 450 Years of African Marginalization
In this conversation, Jordan Buckner discusses the launch of the Food Bevy Insider Box, a curated quarterly subscription service designed to help CPG industry professionals discover and sample emerging brands’ products. Buckner explains how the… Read More »Discover Emerging CPG Brands With Jordan Buckner
Marlene Weisman‘s current graphic design practice largely specializes in silent film–related projects. The former SNL designer says it’s nice to have clients who are film historians and preservationists, cinema professors, and film archivists. “Better still,”… Read More »The Daily Heller: A New Old Approach to Vintage Films and Music
© Daido Moriyama Photo Foundation Amélie Ravalec’s new book explores the under-reported movement that emerged from the atomic ashes to transform Japan’s creative culture. In the rubble of post-war Japan, the first nation in history… Read More »Japan Art Revolution: new book tells the unsung story of an avant-garde explosion
By Steven Tang Have a snack handy because the artists we’re looking at today specialise in making people hungry. Like feeling the breeze on your face or the kick of a bass drum through your… Read More »Deliciously Drawn: Five food illustrators who’ll make you hungry