Media

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 …

Debbie Millman|Audio

Anne Lamott

Debbie talks with writer Anne Lamott about her life and her long career.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 90: The Container for the Story

The Cleveland Justice Center and Season 3 of Serial, adaptive reuse, the Secret History of the Future, Articles of Interest, The Romanoffs

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

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.

The Editors|Competitions

Fifty Books and Fifty Covers

Announcing the 2017 50 Books | 50 Covers selections.

The Editors|Books

Richard Bernstein: Starmaker

A gallery of pop stars from the pop art era.

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Gail Anderson

“As a designer, I am sensitive to the way people consume information, and very concerned about the survival of print.”

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Joan Wong

“I’m not sure the experience between print and ebooks is really that different.”

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Jennifer 8. Lee

“In my line of work, sometimes you have to wait for the future to catch up.”

Lorraine Wild|Essays

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So, it’s 1966 and two guys are hanging around their Los Angeles apartment, musing about the sort of things that people mused about in the Sixties. The aesthetic philosophers in question were the artist Ed Ruscha and the artist/comedy writer/composer/performer Mason …