Graphic Design

Observed|Miscellaneous

Porto Design Summer School

Porto is an undiscovered gem for designers everywhere: an astonishingly affordable, visually extraordinary European oasis right on the coast of Portugal, where typography reigns supreme. It's also a summer destination for two weeks of …

Observed|Miscellaneous

Design Issues Covers

MIT Press has posted a gallery of Design Issues covers from 1984-present on Pinterest.

Rob Walker|Essays

Personal Packaging

Fondly revisiting the look and feel of the mixtape.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Nineteenth Century Menu Covers

A gallery of 19th Century Menu Covers curated by John Foster.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Criticism = Love

Why you have to love design to be a critic.

Tarpley Hitt|The Academy

Speaking Typography: Letter as Image as Sound

Just as a poet weaves the intent of his poem into its sound and craft, so did Lissitzky, as designer, hope to marry intent with the typography and the design of the book itself. But did he?

Chris Pullman|Essays

Joseph Müller-Brockmann’s Typographic Re-boot

Chris Pullman on a jolt of Swiss Modernism from 1960.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Alex Center

Lead designer for CocaCola's Vitaminwater and Powerade Alex Center talks about his love of brands.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

L.A. Loves Deborah Sussman

A Kickstarter for an upcming exhibition on the wotk of Deborah Sussman in Los Angeles.

Rob Walker|Essays

Seeing The Problem

How a graphic communication campaign could help us address a real electoral map crisis: Gerrymandering 2.0.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Horror Movie Posters

Accidental Mysteries for November 3, 2012 highlights vintage horror movie posters.

Chris Pullman|Essays

Remembering Alvin Eisenman

Alvin Eisenman received the AIGA Medal in October, 1991. Chris Pullman, a student in Eisenman's class of 1966 — and a member of the faculty ever since — gave these remarks at the event.