Ever heard of The Hole Mask – or know what it implies? Brooklyn’s Saint-Urbain has helped new personal care brand Beam bring butt wellness out of the shadows and into the light, with a playful… Read More »Saint-Urbain helps beam light up the world of ‘butt wellness’ with bold, beautiful rebrand
Even Patagonia’s “anti-brand” aesthetic is branding at its most strategic. OceanProd – stock.adobe.com We need to talk about the elephant in the room. Or rather, the six-year-old’s restaurant logo, the lime green album cover, the… Read More »There’s no such thing as Anti-Brand (and you know it)
What happens when over a thousand women invest in a whisky brand? UK studio Contagious has created the identity for a new Norwegian island distillery rewriting the rules of this often stuffy, tradition-bound sector. On… Read More »Contagious helps Nordic distillery FEDDIE bottle a feminist revolution in recycled glass
Today’s guest has become almost synonymous with graphic design and magazine publishing. His career began in the defiant New York “sex press” of the late 1960s, where, astonishingly, as a teenager, he was already art-directing… Read More »Guardian at the Gatefold | Steven Heller
I have designed myself (my life, that is) into a corner. I think about what to write for this daily column every night before I hit the pillow … but rather than fall asleep, I… Read More »The Middle-of-the-Night Heller: An Insomniac’s Wake-Up Call
It’s never been easier to make something that looks like design. Type a few words into a prompt, and a logo, poster, or campaign visual appears in seconds. For nonprofits with small budgets and big… Read More »Why Design Craft Still Matters in a World of Automation