Energized by the thrill and power of abducting Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, Donald J. Trump said he thinks he will have the “honor” of “taking Cuba,” recalling news mogul William Randolph Hearst’s famous quote to… Read More »The Daily Heller: Cuba’s Revolution Was in the Cards
Creative Director Daniel Irizarry of Athletics argues that the most resilient brand systems aren’t built on exhaustive rules – they’re anchored by a few essential elements, and designed to move. Most brand systems don’t fail… Read More »From Symbols to Systems: Designing brands that hold under pressure
JKR had a rare brief: don’t fix what’s broken, amplify what’s already there. The result is a sharper Firefox and its first-ever mascot. For designers, there’s a particular kind of branding challenge that looks simple… Read More »More Fire. More Fox. Meet Kit: Firefox’s most significant brand evolution in years
As dream projects go, drawing a 100-page reference atlas covering every corner of the Star Wars universe is right up there. Return of the Jedi came out when I was 13, and I became obsessed… Read More »Mapping the Star Wars galaxy with illustrator Tim McDonagh
In-house design and self-promotion design are some of the most exciting categories to explore because they show what happens when designers have a real connection to the work they’re making. When you design in-house, you… Read More »Made In-House. Made By You. Made to Win.
At the start of 2025, designer Alberto Molina set himself a rule that was simple to explain and hard to sustain: design a brand-new typeface every month for an entire year. The project, called FontMonth,… Read More »FontMonth: One Year, Twelve Typefaces, and a Personal Typographic Laboratory