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Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Randy J. Hunt

“There are examples of designs that were the spark of an innovation and there are examples of designs that added to and evolved an otherwise already innovative idea.”

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Grace Jun

“Design is way of seeing and a way of doing. A unique perspective and method that combined can lead to innovation.”

Debbie Millman|Audio

Design Matters from the Archive: Simon Sinek

Debbie Millman talks to optimist, ethnographer, and author Simon Sinek about the fruits of good leadership.

Steven Heller|Essays

Everything Goes With Everything...

A document summing up Eliot Noyes design philosophy: found in Paul Rand’s papers.

Steven Heller|Essays

Creative Action Network: Profiting From A Nonprofit

CAN’s mission is putting artists to work telling stories that matter.

Steven Heller|Essays

Vanishing Mom and Pop Store Signs

It is, of course, inevitable that modernity subsumes the old. But for a New York minute, we can still enjoy these disappearing store fronts.

The Editors|Collections

Diagramming Mechanisms

John Pass portrays the inner mechanical workings of apparatuses through his eye for diagrammatic design in these colorful, early-nineteenth century engravings.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

The Politics of Desire and Looting

The part designers have played in the London riots.

Brian LaRossa|Opinions

Questioning Graphic Design’s Ethicality

If designers take care during client selection, can they evade the type of intense ethical quagmire that’s only resolvable through radical action? Are particular modes of working within the field of design more conducive to …

Steven Heller|Essays

Cleaning Up Sanitation

The story of New York City’s Sanitation Department, the vanilla trucks, and the lower case Helvetica.

Steven Heller|Essays

A Bee C: Paul Rand’s Bee Fixation

The 1981 Eye-Bee-M rebus is Paul Rand’s most iconic poster.

Julie Anixter|Interviews

Just Keep Walking: An Interview with Paula Scher

Called “the most influential woman graphic designer on the planet” by fellow designer extraordinaire Ellen Lupton, Pentagram partner Paula Scher has left an undeniable imprint on the American design psyche.