Graphic Design

William Drenttel|Essays

I (still) Love Amsterdam

Dutch design events in December 2010, including the Prince Claus Awards and graphic design conferences.

Jessica Helfand|Essays

Sticks and Stones Can Break My Bones but Print Can Never Hurt Me: A Letter to Fiona on First Reading "The End of Print"

In 2000, Jessica Helfand wrote a letter to her daughter Fiona, giving her a primer on graphic design.

Julie Lasky|Projects

Ripped from the Headlines

Johnny Selman is a third of the way through his year-long project to graphically enliven the news.

Rick Poynor|Essays

The Impossibility of an Island

Atlas of Remote Islands might look like a celebration of distant paradises. Its beauty masks a darker purpose.

Ernest Beck|Projects

Cards of Change

Unemployed workers retrofit their former business cards to send hopeful messages.

Steven Heller|Essays

Designer as Author

In 1954, Alvin Lustig gave a lecture titled “What Is a Designer?” at the Advertising Typographers Association of America. It was his first speech after he lost his eyesight.

Edward Morris|Books

Destroy This Book

The Green Patriot Posters project looked to the graphic design and artistic communities for ways to invigorate and mobilize people to remake our economy for a more sustainable future.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

Minotaurs in Suburban England

English designer Vaughan Oliver met Adrian Shaughnessy to show him preliminary work on a deluxe Pixies box set called Minotaur.

Andy Chen|Essays

Not Queer, But Human

As a gay man and a designer, Andy Chen believes that part of the solution of homophobia lies in creating images that redefine the very way sexual orientation is understood and discussed.

Jessica Helfand|Essays

The Bantjes Covers

Marian Bantjes exposes the long process that led to the cover of her new monograph, I Wonder.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Milton Glaser

An interview with Milton Glaser — graphic designer, illustrator, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and 2010 recipient of the National Medal of Arts.

William Drenttel|Essays

An Introduction to Graphic Design

Graphic Design 101 by William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand.