Business

Karen Keung|Essays

Slow, Don’t Stop

More so than any other object or aesthetic, time is the ultimate luxury commodity: we always seem to be running out of it.

Steven Heller|Essays

The Commencement Address I Never Gave

There are few greater honors than to be the one who launches graduates into the world.

Steven Heller|Essays

State of the Union Rats

“Scabby,” as it is appropriately nick-named, is the labor movement’s most effective protest icon and guaranteed to grab the attention of even the most blasé passersby.

Brian LaRossa|Commentary

What’s in a Name: How The Title “Art Director” Limits the Role of Design in Publishing

“So, what does an art director do anyway?”

Lilly Smith|Essays

Emmett McBain: Art Direction as Social Equity

The freedoms that AIGA Medalist Emmett McBain conveyed through his work and that he desired for others seemed to ensure a trajectory that would veer from advertising.

Doug Powell|Interviews

On Design and Startups: Part 1

Doug Powell and Albert Lee discuss the influence of design in the tech industry, in particular in the startup sector.

Lilly Smith|Essays

Nancy Skolos + Thomas Wedell: Connectivity Through Aesthetics

“By bringing reason and subjective emotions together on a picture plane, that’s what we hope happens—that people will expand their point of view.”

Michael Bierut|Essays

I’m With Her

The logo we designed for Hillary Clinton wasn’t clever or artful. I didn’t care about that. I wanted something that you didn’t need a software tutorial to create, something as simple as a peace sign or a smiley face. I …

Brian LaRossa|Essays

Undercover Branding

The Stories Behind 20 Publishing House Logos

Debbie Millman|Audio

Connie Birdsall

Debbie talks to Connie Birdsall about designing some of the most successful brands of our time and what to do when a meeting with clients is not going well.

Julie Anixter|Essays

Mark Randall: How Design Can Make a More Tolerant World

Mark Randall is being recognized with the 2017 AIGA Medal for his ​oversized dedication to making the design profession more diverse, starting with the earliest stages—students.

Jessica Helfand|Essays

Design Competition as Bake-Off

The idea of book design rendered as a global free-for-all likens the act of cover design to a giant bake-off. But books are not brownies, and design, like literature, is not a sweet shop.