Book cover design has been top of mind in the recent news cycle. Rightly so. Covers play a significant role in persuading potential readers in a very noisy marketplace, with more than $21 billion in… Read More »13 of the Best Book Covers for December 2025
As the year draws to a close, it’s become clear to me — at least from where I sit as a designer — that 2025 wasn’t business as usual. I spent much of it doing… Read More »2025 Year in Review: Craft, Conflict, and Cultural Weight
Positype’s latest release, Aegis, is brash and energetic, demanding attention. However, the display typeface has a softer story to tell. Designed by Positype’s founder, Neil Summerour, the process of bringing Aegis to life paralleled a… Read More »Aegis is a Display Typeface Carved Out of Resilience
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 Justin Barnes
I just finished watching Nuremberg for a second time on Prime Video, and my biggest disappointment is the way the Hollywood promotion mill undermined the entire experience with a cliched poster hyping the players and… Read More »The Daily Heller: If ‘Nuremberg’ Had Better Promotion, It Would Have Increased My Low Expectations
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 »‘Class of 100’: If Brands Went to High School by Zach White