Design Juice

Rachel Paese|Design Juice

Katie Conry on building public programming for San Francisco’s most historically rich — and most misunderstood — communities

From a resident-led LGBTIA+ history walking tour to an immersive play about the first known act of queer resistance in the U.S., the Tenderloin Museum tells the neighborhood’s story with its community members

Draw the Line

Ellen McGirt

Episode 1: The lines we draw

The lines we draw On a clear March morning, hundreds of Louisianans rally at the State Capitol to defend the right to vote. Weeks later, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais guts the Voting Rights Act — declaring the court’s own remedy for racial discrimination unconstitutional. In the premiere episode of Draw the Line, host Ellen … Continued

Business

William Richardson|Commentary

Brands cannot afford to speak in the same voice as countless others right now. Typeface designers can help.

It has never made sense to me, why a brand wouldn’t opt for custom type. Working in branding agencies all over London for a lot of my career, I used to sit on the London Tube browsing the series of ads above commuters’ heads. All ads had the same formula: tiny logo in the corner, … Continued