Today, the UN Climate Conference kicks off in the Amazon rainforest—the first such event held at the epicentre of global environmental concern. In anticipation, UK-based 99designs by Vista has launched a visual campaign that transforms… Read More »The Daily Heller: Pull the Covers Over Your Head, It’s Time for Bed
Biophi’s new identity asks a radical question: can design be the connective tissue between science and survival? The new visual system challenges the long-held notion that a brand’s purpose is to persuade rather than to… Read More »Biophi’s New Identity by BMD Puts Design to Work for Climate Resilience
As a book jacket and cover designer, Roy Kuhlman was an original. He designed almost exclusively for the edgy indie Grove Press, defining its list of literary, critical, philosophical and politically radical nonfiction titles. (That… Read More »The Daily Heller: Roy Kuhlman’s Narrative Abstraction
Earlier this year, I received a mysterious email. A permissions specialist wanted to license my 1991 poster, “Defying Odds, Expanding Opportunities: The African American Challenge,” (below right) designed for my client, the Congressional Black Caucus… Read More »New Edition of ‘Meggs’ History of Graphic Design’ Reforms the Canon
Many type foundries and type designers have focused their craft on creating type for a world with far fewer boundaries, which demands recognition of written scripts outside the Western lens. Rosetta, an award-winning type design… Read More »Only Yours and Softly Yours Are Fonts as Unique as Your Fingerprint (No, Really)
How can a board game teach the fundamentals of design and creativity? Gray Garmon, founding director of The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Integrated Design, joins hosts Doreen Lorenzo and Michael Baker to… Read More »Playing With Creativity: Gray Garmon