Graphic Design

Rick Poynor|Essays

What Does Critical Writing Look Like?

A report on work by the first graduates from the Royal College of Art’s Critical Writing in Art & Design MA.

Rick Poynor|Essays

Utopian Image: Politics and Posters

By celebrating political posters for their design do we collude with the established order they seek to challenge?

Observed|Miscellaneous

Typolitic

Typolitic is a new website that presents some of the best typographic student work from undergraduate design courses around the world.

Rachel Berger|Essays

Designing in the NOW Part I

The Sea of Sameness

Jonathan Schultz|Projects

One World Futbol

Report on One World Futbol produced by Hope Is a Game-Changer.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

MoMA’s Modern Women

The Museum of Modern Art's new installation, "Designing Modern Women," could have made a bolder statement about the transformative role of women in 20th century design and architecture.

Steven Heller|Essays

The D Word: Maira Kalman

Three Big Songs

Debbie Millman|Audio

Seth

On this episode Debbie talks with Seth, the artist behind the book Palookaville, about why his generation of cartoonists broke away from fantasy.

Rick Poynor|Essays

From the Archive: Surface Wreckage

Why do photographs and images of torn street posters exert such a powerful hold on the imagination and emotions?

Observed|Miscellaneous

Bistrophobie Poster

Can a poster shut people up? Locals in a bistro-dense corner of Paris would like to think so.

Steven Heller|Essays

The Sunday Funnies on Wednesday

This story is as much a tribute to Peter Maresca’s incredible preservation vision as it is a salute to his latest collection: "Gross Exaggerations: The Meshuga Comic Strips of Milt Gross."

Connect 4|Audio

Min Lew and Zaiah Sampson: Finding Your Creative Voice

Feeling confident in yourself and your work—especially when you’re still a student—can be a challenge.