I am writing this from the cottage in Mill Valley, California, where I wrote the first draft of Motherland back in the days before Covid. We found it on VRBO, I think, and it looked… Read More »Poor Man’s Feast: Thoughts on This Glimmering, Dangerous World
From murals to motion, illustration is starting to reassert itself in advertising, but when do agencies and brands choose to commission it, and when do they shy away? We asked creatives, art buyers, agents and… Read More »Illustrated thinking: Why brands are turning back to drawing
This week on the DesignThinkers podcast, Nicola Hamilton is joined by Pablo Martin, creative director at MUBI. A legend in editorial design, Martin has spent four decades shaping the visual language of publications and brands… Read More »The Visual Language of Editorial Design With MUBI’s Pablo Martin
On this episode, Doreen Lorenzo and Michael Baker speak with Paul Propster, a strategic storyteller best known for his transformative work as Chief Story Architect at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He shares how narrative… Read More »The Story of a Story Architect with Paul Propster
With AI, everyone can be Samantha Stevens from the 1960s sitcom “Bewitched,” who—if she so desired—could tranform a movie into a book cover with the twitch of her nose. Coincidentally, that is virtually what the… Read More »The Daily Heller: Now Playing at a Bookstore Near You
Foundry Æterna by The Foundry Types Looking for type inspiration this autumn? Then check out our curated selection of the month’s most compelling new releases. Autumn is a time of renewal, and it’s natural for… Read More »The best new typefaces for September 2025