Finding Satisfying Work, Affecting Eternity, and Other Practical and Existential Thoughts about Design Since April 2021, the Chicago-based design consultant and teacher Joseph Michael Essex has posted intriguing visual-verbal aphorisms on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram,… Read More »Thinking Aloud With Joseph Michael Essex
Ten more wonderful things flicked off my desktop into your eyes. 1 — Always happy to see a new post from one of my favourite Instagram accounts, high.school.high – a wonderful collection of vintage school… Read More »Meanwhile: Hyperlinks From The Big Chair
The stage has been set for the 96th Academy Awards this Sunday, with the silver screen’s shiniest stars preening in preparation. Awards show season is always an entertaining time of year, ramping up to the… Read More »This Year’s Best Picture Oscar Nominees as Typefaces
Debbie Millman has an ongoing project at PRINT titled “What Matters.” This is an effort to understand the interior life of artists, designers, and creative thinkers. This facet of the project is a request of… Read More »What Matters to Rosie Garschina
2024 Final Deadline is Monday, March 11 Consider the PRINT Awards extension this week as an opportunity to refine your masterpiece and make sure it’s nothing short of extraordinary. After you submit, you can still… Read More »Don’t Let The PRINT Awards Pass You By
When I was co-author of Japanese Modern: Graphic Design Between the Wars, I had borrowed the holy grail of graphic design artifacts representing the art deco, or Moderne, period. It was a stack of 24… Read More »The Daily Heller: Japan Went Commercial-Modern Its Own Hybrid Way