Illustration

Jude Stewart|Essays

Enchanted Lion

Why aren’t graphic designers more broadly gaga for children’s literature? Why is kid-lit and children’s illustration considered a niche interest? After all, visual literacy begins for just about everyone with reading picture books; it’s the universal …

Steven Heller|Books

The Faithful Spy

Creating a children’s book about a member of the Nazi resistance.

Marian Bantjes|Books

Heaven

The paradoxical thing about heaven is that it is both highly individualistic and intrinsically social.

Lily Hansen|Interviews

Tattoo Artist Elisheba Israel on Decision-Making in a Permanent Craft

“Learning to take risks is one of the best things I’ve ever done.”

Lily Hansen|Interviews

Illustrator Rebecca Green Sketches a Space to be Herself

The first of four profiles of creative people working in Nashville, this one focusing on children’s book illustrator Rebecca Green.

Steven Heller|Essays

Paul Rand’s Monkey Modernism

Paul Rand kept a file folder of sketches in his desk with the title “Monkeys and Elephants”. Why?

Melissa Leone|Collections

Celestial Bodies

Man’s age-old fascination with the celestial has created countless beautiful—albeit not always accurate—diagrams of the universe.

Melissa Leone|Collections

Microbial Illustrations

Illustrated versions of the microscopic designs that make up our world.

Melissa Leone|Collections

British Mineralogy

Colored figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain

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.

Steven Heller|Essays

Should A Designer Be Judged By Ideology?

Should designers and illustrators be judged harshly for choosing to make art on the wrong side of history?

Edwin Carels|Books

Training Grounds

A new book out from Ludion Publishers explores at the Quay Brothers training as graphic artists and the artwork that they created.