Category: Essays

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Steven Heller|Essays

Bury My Heart On St. Marks Place: A Sixties Memorial

The most influential period of my life happened between 1964 and 1969 (after the election and assassination of John F. Kennedy, and beginning with the Beatles and Dylan), with the revolutions in politics, civil rights, anti-war, …

Steven Heller|Essays

Memory of an Eclectic Modernist: Ivan Chermayeff

Remembering Ivan Chermayeff, who died this past Saturday, December 2. He was 85.

Steven Heller|Essays

Nuclear Fear

Remembering the late Robert Blakeley, designer of the fallout shelter symbol, and the nuclear fear of the 50’s.

Chris Pullman|Essays

Jack Stauffacher: Typographer, Scholar, Teacher, and Polymath

Chris Pullman remembers AIGA Medalist and revered typographer Jack Stauffacher, who passed away a few days before his 97th birthday.

Michael Bierut|Essays

Everything I Know About Design I Learned from The Sopranos

After eight years, 86 episodes, and untold quantities of gobbagool, The Sopranos finished its run on HBO. And this is what we’ve learned, from a design point of view.

Michael Bierut|Essays

I Love the 80s

Miami Vice: the quintessential postmodern design artifact, in all its glory and all its disgrace.

Lilly Smith|Essays

For She Should Run, Politics Today are all About the Brand

Lesley Stordahl, Creative Director at CBX, explains how the design agency worked with non-profit group She Should Run to develop their brand and set strategies to meet lofty goals (like getting 250,000 women to run for elected office by …

Michael Bierut|Essays

Now You See It

There was a message hidden in the illustration on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. At least I think it was hidden. Did you see it? Why didn’t I?