Heritage brands often face a familiar design trap: polish away the past in pursuit of relevance, or cling so tightly to nostalgia that the brand begins to feel like a museum piece. Stokes Coffee—a fourth-generation… Read More »The Perks of Personality-Driven Branding
Filmmaker Valentina Canavesio has been working on a documentary film about the late Roger Cook (1930–2021), half of the design duo Cook & Shanosky Associates. In 1974, they were primarily responsible for the design of… Read More »The Daily Heller: A Designer of the World’s Most Ubiquitous Symbols, the Movie
At first glance, [THIS] feels like an odd rallying cry for Chicago Cubs—cryptic, minimal, and vague. When the club unveiled the slogan ahead of the 2026 season, reaction was immediate and mixed. Critics called it… Read More »This Is… Smart Branding (Even If Fans Didn’t Love It at First)
Anyone who designs food packages knows that there are plenty of government compliance issues, in addition to a manufacturer’s imposed standards. This can wreak havoc on good box, bag, bottle and label design. “Up to… Read More »The Daily Heller: Why Contents Labels Need to Be Designed Well
Project 2 by The 2Craigs returns with a new installment in the ongoing year-long collaboration between photographer Craig Cutler and illustrator Craig Frazier. Trading ideas visually rather than verbally, each artist responds to the previous… Read More »Project 2 | Dialogue: The 2Craigs
D.B. Dowd studies the history of illustration, the practice of drawing and the “hybridity of reading and seeing.” He is professor of design and American culture studies at the Sam Fox School of Design &… Read More »The Daily Heller: How Illustration is Essential to World Cultures