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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 …

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Anna Gerber

“Readers and writers are open, adventurous, and eager to try new things. Even if those experiences are not always perfect.”

Milton Glaser|Books

Milton Glaser: Nine Posters

“As a professional graphic designer for sixty years, I’ve produced more than five hundred posters that in a variety of ways inform, persuade, or decorate their subjects—that all comes under the heading of good …

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.

Molly Young|Books

Puzzling Out William Steig

A new book is a coded exploration of New York City—an account of local customs and affinities, a catalog of macro and microaggressions, a narrative of life in the modern metropolis.

Julie Anixter|Books

Understanding is the Hard Part

TED founder Richard Saul Wurman’s new book, Understanding Understanding, reminds AIGA executive director Julie Anixter that while mastering any discipline is a difficult task, designers might be the ones best suited to guide the …

Steven Heller|Essays

The Times. A Comic Strip. A Pulitzer Prize.

It is not every day that a comic strip wins the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning—come to think of it, there’s never been one.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Anand Giridharadas

Debbie Millman talks to journalist Anand Giridharadas about his career, about a divided America, and about tech monopolies.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S4E9: Karin Fong

Karin Fong is a founding member of Imaginary Forces, a creative company specializing in visual storytelling and brand strategy.

Jessica Barness|Essays

Dancin’ to a New Tune: The Subversive, Entrepreneurial Flexi Disc

The story of the flexi disc vinyl record is an intertwining of manufacturing, form, content, and publication.

Kathryn Lofton|Books

Forms of Obsession

How do we define the line between attention and obsession?

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.