There are some people whose work doesn’t just illuminate the world, they show us how to see it differently. Maria Popova is one of those rare minds. For nearly two decades, she has offered readers… Read More »Maria Popova’s An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations for Uncertain Days is a field guide for the heart
As someone without children, I feel uniquely qualified to observe toddler culture from a safe distance, as an auntie, like a wildlife documentarian who occasionally babysits for two hours and then needs a nap. Which… Read More »Organic Chaos
The first (and possibly only) design criticism, writing and research MA program, SVA’s D-Crit, has just published its second tabloid print edition of 2NDFL (the floor on which the program has its studio and classrooms),… Read More »The Daily Heller: The Second Spring of ‘2NDFL’
Robert Froedge is EVP of Creative at Lewis Communications, a three-office independent agency with locations in Mobile, Birmingham, and Nashville. A lifelong brand designer and art director, he has spent more than three decades blending… Read More »What Matters to Robert Froedge
Everybody else get out of the way, because I got some signs to write. Nan Parati The moral of sign writer Nan Parati’s story is to get fired twice in order to find your true… Read More »Legendary Jazz Fest Sign Writer Nan Parati Makes Music with Her Lettering
The most famous bull of our times turns ninety years old this year . . . no bull. The Story of Ferdinand by the children’s book maestros Munro Leaf (1905-1976) with illustrations by Robert Lawson… Read More »The Daily Heller: Bully for Ferdinand at 90