Media

Steven Heller|Essays

Designing for the Masses

The ultimate case for anti-design: The Communist Manifesto

Michael Bierut|Essays

Learning to Draw with Jon Gnagy

“Mike looks like he might be a real artist!”

Maya P. Lim|Books

Joan Miró: I Work Like a Gardener

“To work like a gardener was to create life itself—the autonomous life of a visual universe that, in [Miró’s] words, was a world set in motion.”

Maya P. Lim|Books

Bruno Munari: In the Darkness of the Night

Bruno Munari’s classic In the Darkness of the Night is made with materials that build mystery and tension.

Maya P. Lim|Books

The Signs of Barcelona

A glimpse inside Louise Fili’s newest book.

Juliette Cezzar|Books

The Future of Graphic and Communication Design

A look at how our roles as designers are ever evolving.

Steven Heller|Essays

Chris Ware’s Really Big Novelty Book

The first time I was introduced to Chris Ware’s work was at R.O. Blechman’s Ink Tank office on West 46th Street.

Chris Ware|Books

I Loved to Draw

An excerpt from Chris Ware’s new Monograph.

Thomas de Monchaux|Books

Something Elemental About Something Artificial

Exploring the complex space between the formal and informal, the formed and formless with LOT-EK.

Gregorio Amaro|Projects

“Digital Amoxtli ”: Interaction Design Can Be More than Just Fun and Games

Through designer Gregorio Amaro’s new project, which addresses death from a MesoAmerican perspective, we see how interaction design has the potential to create positive outcomes by addressing difficult subjects in new ways.

Chip Kidd|Books

Designing The Road

In an excerpt from his new book, Chip Kidd recounts designing Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.

Maya P. Lim|Essays

Walden, Or a Life with the Book

Can suboptimal book design discourage you from reading? Can the design of something ever stop you from doing something you love?