Rhode Island School of Design student Cara Ziruo Wang has translated China’s rich cultural history into a series of elegant and inspiring illustrations for the country’s children’s literary magazine October Kids. We caught up with… Read More »Cara Ziruo Wang’s delightful illustrations depict the 24 solar terms of the traditional Chinese calendar
LA-based painter Tahnee Lonsdale channels her love of folklore, mysticism and UFOs into her colourful paintings of abstract beings. We caught up with her to discover how she creates them and how they manifest their… Read More »Tahnee Lonsdale’s abstract alien paintings speak to human emotions and the unknown
As it celebrates its 35th anniversary, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) has a new identity created in partnership with forceMAJEURE. We explore the thinking behind the designs. The International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is… Read More »Rebrand of New York’s big furniture fair is inspired by the grid of the city
I’m going to share two leadership secrets with you. Secret one: questions are more important than answers. Secret two: WHAT and HOW questions are better than WHY questions. Let me explain secret one first and… Read More »What + How > Why
If you’ve ever been sucked into the vortex of a flea market, or if you wile away your weekends by perusing boutiques (as I often do), chances are you’ve come upon the glory of an… Read More »SZ Blockprints Keeps the Legacy of the “Godmother of Block Printing” Alive
I met Swiss poster printer and typographer Dafi Kühne only one time, over a year ago, when he brought an offering to Poster House NYC. It was an image so grand (and awesome) in its… Read More »The Daily Heller: Dafi Kühne’s Analog Typographic Phantasma