Media

Rick Poynor|Essays

Herbert Spencer and The Book of Numbers

The Book of Numbers by Herbert and Mafalda Spencer was aimed at children, but its intriguing visual approach is more “photobook” than “schoolbook.”

Steven Heller|Opinions

Spielberg’s Post Is Flawed

Spoiler Alert: Steven Heller digs into the production of Steven Spielberg’s “The Post”.

Lilly Smith|Books

Stefan Bucher’s Letterheads: A Zany but Totally Methodical Take on Reinvention

The designer explains why humor is a good tool, how to overcome artistic fears, and what he means by saying he’s a “Victorian gardener of the mind.”

Steven Heller|Books

Holiday Book List: For the Inspiration-seeker and the Composed Creative

As 2017 draws to a close, Heller and Millman ask, which feeling do you want to end the year on: one that stimulates, or soothes?

Julie Anixter|Books

Holiday Book List: For the Design Standard-Bearer or the Trendsetter

Are you looking for design moments that shook the world or that are off the beaten path?

Doug Powell|Books

Holiday Book List: For the Design Practitioner and the Theorist

Books that provide a broad understanding of the world around you.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S3E11: Melissa Harris

Melissa Harris is editor at large of the Aperture Foundation and the author of A Wild Life: A Visual Biography of Photographer Michael Nichols.

Sean Adams|Books

Holiday Book List: For the Serenity-seeker and the Problem-solver

Are you looking to escape reality or face it? Either way, we’ve got the book for you.

The Editors|Competitions

50 Books | 50 Covers of 2017: Call for Entries

AIGA + Design Observer are pleased to announce the opening of the 50 Books | 50 Covers competition for books published in 2017.

Michael Bierut|Books

Holiday Book List 2017: Master Class

You don’t have to be a creative to appreciate these reads. A curious mind will do.

Sean Adams|Evidence

Fake News: Blow Up

We are conditioned to understand that a photograph is an honest record of an object, time, and place.

Michael Bierut|Essays

Everything I Know About Design I Learned from The Sopranos

After eight years, 86 episodes, and untold quantities of gobbagool, The Sopranos finished its run on HBO. And this is what we’ve learned, from a design point of view.