History

Kathleen Meaney|Essays

Asafo-fonts

The best graphic design teacher is over 100 years old, a brilliant story-teller, and still dances on air.

Kathleen Meaney|Essays

100 Years of Land Grant Universities in 100 Points

What is the Land Grant Act and why does it affect design education?

Susan Yelavich|Books

Beings: Unruly Things, Golems, Cyborgs

Stories of the supranatural would seem to be among those childish things it is long time we put away. But somehow we never do.

Thomas Rinaldi|Books

Origins of Design Patents

Although the story of design patents is closely intertwined with that of industrial design, in fact design patents predate the emergence of industrial design as an organized professional discipline by nearly a century.

Augusta Pownall|Books

Rational Simplicity: Rudolph de Harak, Graphic Designer

An interview with Richard Poulin, the long-overdue first comprehensive monograph of Rudolph de Harak’s work.

Steven Heller|Essays

Teaching The “S” Word