When I spoke to Sharp Type’s co-founders, Chantra Malee and Lucas Sharp, a little over a year ago, the indie foundry was embarking on an adventure of sorts. Officially, Sharp Type was celebrating the parallel… Read More »Inside Sharp Type’s Experimental Year: 18 Fonts and an Energized Team
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 Bill Hannigan
Some readers will know Karel Teige as a progressive graphic designer, photographer, constructivist typographer and member of the Prague interwar avant garde. Others may know his books, writing and book designs. I count myself a… Read More »The Daily Heller: Karel Teige’s Art as Capitalism
Photo: Tom May A weekend in the Welsh mountains taught me that joy isn’t frivolous; it’s a game-changer for creative work of all kinds. As a writer, there are times I’ve wrestled with the blank… Read More »Why Green Man Festival made me think about creativity in a whole new way
Founded in 2002 as a hybrid design-and-print venture, Coolgrey has evolved into one of Cork’s most ambitious creative studios. In 2002, when Coolgrey first opened its doors, the goal was to build a design studio… Read More »Coolgrey’s journey from local print shop to global brand studio
Once considered relics of advertising’s golden age, brand mascots are making a surprising comeback. Ami Werner, Bulletproof’s head of strategy, explains why these characters still have cultural clout and how the next generation of mascots… Read More »Why brand mascots are back in business