Category: Essays

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Cheryl Heller|Essays

The American Dream in Black and White—Designing a Just Economy

Social design is based on finding the right question to ask, rather than looking for the best person to blame.

Mariana Amatullo|Essays

People to People ÂÂ: Fresh Eyes on a Changing Cuba

The power of visual metaphor and design’s aesthetic dimension as a way forward for cultural rapprochement and social transformation.

Sean Adams|Essays

Harris Lewine

In the age of the art director Harris Lewine was without equal.

Ken Gordon|Essays

Why the Gettysburg Address Is a Call to Bring Design into Government

How might we improve the level of dialogue between the people and their representatives? With design.

Michael Bierut|Essays

Lella Vignelli

In my ten years at Vignelli Associates, I came to understand the relationship between the two brilliant designers who ran the office. Massimo would tend to play the role of idea generator. Lella served as the critic, editing the ideas and …

Michael Bierut|Essays

And May All Your Christmases Be Carefully Staged So As To Appear White

A backstage story from Balanchine’s The Nutcracker

De Andrea Nichols|Essays

Creative Will

What it takes to shift creative organizations and industries toward greater racial equity

Jason Grant|Essays

Against Branding: Part 2 — Design and Happiness

In commercial design, anxiety, fear, and self-doubt are often summoned towards the distant promise of happiness.

Steven Heller|Essays

America’s Big Design Problem

Donald Trump may not be the ideal design client, but that just means we have to work that much harder.

The Editors|Essays

Happy Thanksgiving

We send our thanks to all of you—our readers, all over the world

Jason Grant|Essays

Against Branding: Part 1 — Design and Conflict

Graphic design relates to conflict in at least two important ways. The first is by destructively concealing it. The second is by productively revealing it.