Cecilie Maurud Barstad. Photography by Charlotte Wiig The Norwegian author and illustrator explains why she turned small tales of north London domesticity during the pandemic into an evocative book, Rear Windows. It’s a bit weird,… Read More »Cecilie Maurud Barstad on what inspired her illustrated short stories of lockdown life
The Wet Market © Huilin Gui New York-based illustrator Huilin Gui captures everyday moments from her childhood spent growing up in China in a beautifully nostalgic series of images titled Home. As an artist, Huilin… Read More »Huilin Gui reconnects with her childhood in a series of delightfully nostalgic illustrations
Tresi is on a mission to help people buy amazing furniture at affordable prices. Carla Palette explains how her brand identity design helps convey that message effectively. During a cost of living crisis, people are… Read More »Carla Palette’s identity for furniture brand Tresi is founded on radical honesty
Do you have a professional identity? How do people know you in your working life? How do you know yourself? My professional identity shifted recently. For 13 years, I was the founder of Design Museum… Read More »Business Design School: Designing Your Professional Identity
“The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection” is one of the most important contributions to the corpus of design history, and I’m so glad this week to have the book’s managing editor, Anne… Read More »Revision Path: Anne H. Berry
Last week I published a conversation concerning the difference in meaning and function of the spiritual Swastika and the Nazi Hakenkreuz. In the days that followed I corresponded with David Carballal, a graphic designer and… Read More »The Daily Heller: A Familiar 2,000-Year-Old Galician Petroglyph