Last week The New York Times published another in a three-year string of obituaries of friends or colleagues from the past, all in their ’80s. It’s an increasingly recurring shock as time advances. The most… Read More »The Daily Heller: How Will the Next Mayor Handle This City?
Image licensed via Adobe Stock Even seasoned, successful illustrators with agent representation are struggling to get work at the moment. So what’s going on, and how widespread is the problem, exactly? Struggling to get commissioned… Read More »No, you’re not imagining it: things are really tough for illustrators right now
NAM and Warriors Studio’s branding for the Glasgow creative conference highlights how questioning the meaning of ‘functional’ can lead to more exciting design choices. When I first saw the stone typography for International Assembly‘s 2025… Read More »International Assembly identity: when pushing type to extremes makes sense
Rooted in the idea of “fragmented beauty,” the design embraces imperfection, tactility and discovery to reflect both the spirit of contemporary art and the layered character of its host city, Bradford. The Turner Prize has… Read More »Layers of meaning: A deep dive into the Turner Prize identity 2025 by Rabbithole
When I was 21, at uni overseas, I lived with two roommates in a tall, skinny, stone house that shared a party wall with the tall, skinny, stone house beside us. The three of us,… Read More »I’m Wondering: How Do You Know Anything?
Ponder this: If digital font technology did not exist, would we creatures who walk the Earth need as many typefaces as we have today? Physically, there would be no way we could have produced such… Read More »The Daily Heller: A Tsunami of Typefaces