The Obama Presidential Center and Library officially opened to the public on June 18 in Chicago’s Jackson Park, marking a significant moment in the legacy of America’s 44th president. For many, Obama represented a new… Read More »Typography Has Its Monumental Moment at the Obama Presidential Center
Now that summer’s upon us, from time to time, I’ll share what I’m currently reading (and skimming). Starting with this book … The Devil in the White City is Erik Larson’s highly acclaimed nonfiction book… Read More »The Daily Heller: Art, Design, Murder — a Summer Whodunit
Image licensed via Alamy Most illustrators are signing away rights they don’t understand. Experts from Handsome Frank and Jacky Winter Group reveal how to stop this from happening to you. If you’ve ever signed a… Read More »Top illustration agencies share their tips on negotiating contracts
In response to AI’s rapid takeover of editorial imagery, Anna May and the team behind MISC magazine made something physical and human. Here’s why. Most of us in the creative industries have spent this year… Read More »Why a stylist and her crew built a magazine instead of just moaning about AI
Co-founder Jeremy Sahlman Co-founder Jeremy Sahlman on building a studio from a chance meeting on a Boston street, chasing ideas nobody asked for, and why taste is the one thing the new tools can’t fake.… Read More »How Black Math learned to start with art – and why curiosity, not speed, is the point
Sitting down with pencil and paper and sketching one’s surroundings is one of the most fundamental acts of artistic expression. Simple, direct, grounding, and, in many ways, timeless. The Seattle-based journalist and sketcher Gabi Campanario… Read More »Gabi Campanario’s Annual Sketcher Fest Brings the Global Travel Sketching Movement to Seattle