Business

Rick Poynor|Essays

The Guardian’s New European Look

The Guardian's choice of the "Berliner" format, half-way between broadsheet and tabloid, is an inspired alternative. The paper is the first British title to adopt this European page size. Elegant, well-proportioned pages make its tabloid …

Michael Bierut|Essays

You May Already Be a Winner

Are graphic design competitions worthwhile?

Rick Poynor|Essays

Sublime Little Tubes of Destruction

In a culture otherwise swamped with unregulated branding, the graphic counter-attack on the cigarette packet, on its visual integrity as a design and its brand equity, normally regarded as commercially sacrosanct, is a remarkable sight to …

Michael Bierut|Essays

Every New Yorker is a Target

The latest New Yorker magazine has only one advertiser: Target. The effect is disorienting.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Emily Oberman

An interview with Emily Oberman, formerly senior designer at M&Co and now partner, with Bonnie Siegler, in the New York design firm Number Seventeen.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Emily Oberman

An interview with Emily Oberman, formerly senior designer at M&Co and now partner, with Bonnie Siegler, in the New York design firm Number Seventeen.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Bad Boys of Design II

A new group of (very) bad boys: Rodrigo Corral, Marc English, Tan Le, Bennett Peji, Felix Sockwell and John Zapolski

Michael Bierut|Essays

Credit Line Goes Here

Design is essentially a collaborative enterprise. That makes assigning credit for the products of our work a complicated issue.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Paula Scher

Paula Scher — arguably the most successful and influential woman working in design today — began her graphic design career as a record cover Art Director in the 1970s. She has been a Pentagram partner since 1991.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Paula Scher

Paula Scher — arguably the most successful and influential woman working in design today — began her graphic design career as a record cover Art Director in the 1970s. She has been a Pentagram partner since 1991.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Stefan Sagmeister

A candid and revealing discussion with design innovator Stefan Sagmeister, whose work has been hailed as “intense, cunning and evocative.” 

Debbie Millman|Audio

Stefan Sagmeister

A candid and revealing discussion with design innovator Stefan Sagmeister, whose work has been hailed as “intense, cunning and evocative.”