One of my first jobs post-college was working at a stationery store in Los Angeles called Shorthand. On the job, I was surrounded by all manner of writing instruments, from fountain pens and Blackwing pencils… Read More »Professional Calligrapher Margaret Shepherd Won’t Let Calligraphy Die
Every graduation season I write a commencement speech on the off-chance I’ll be asked to present one. That hasn’t manifested—so this grad season, my offering is the catalog of the SVA MFA Design / Designer… Read More »The Daily Heller: Our Students, Their Ventures, Much Pride
America’s most important music festival makes everyone up their game, both musically and visually. Jonny Kingsbury of COUR Design explained how they brought singer-songwriter Suki Waterhouse’s vision of an enchanted forest to life on stage.… Read More »Desert bloom: how COUR designed Suki Waterhouse’s magical Coachella set
Connecting with younger generations is a perennial challenge, and the rising pace of technological and societal change is only making that tougher. Tebo Mpanza of Unfound Studio offers his advice on engaging with Gen Z,… Read More »Tebo Mpanza on why the future of branding is young, agile and authentic
French collective Unexplored Fields has been drawing on the new Headshot 2.0 feature in Character Creator to make it easier to design digital humans. Co-founder Virgile Biosa shares the inside details. Not sure whether you’d… Read More »Virgile Biosa on making virtual fashion models with Character Creator
For Index Press, Koto opted to take a dual typographic approach and use colour to help with site navigation. Brand and digital studio Koto has partnered with Swiss venture capital firm Index Ventures to launch… Read More »Koto brings editorial finesse to Index Ventures’ new publishing brand