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05/21/2026

The Typo: Every designers nightmare. Interesting shift!

The Atlantic

To some, they’re no longer a sign of laziness but proof of human touch.

12/11/2025

Typefaces in politics!

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden-era move to the sans serif typeface “wasteful,” casting the return to Times New Roman as part of a push to stamp out diversity efforts.

11/15/2025

A beautiful set of designs.

Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time. Her designs, which were both accessible and avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House.

Which is your favorite?

Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time

04/08/2025

The redesigned map of the New York City system, the first to be introduced in nearly half a century, is reminiscent of a version from the 1970s that was reviled by many traditionalists.

09/25/2024

LOVE the use of color in this tiny space!

A tiny apartment in London shows that you don’t have to paint everything white to make a space feel larger than life.

09/09/2024

Lloyd was just one of the amazing professors who taught us Parsons School of Design when I was there. A big loss for the design community.

He designed some of the most visually exciting magazines of the 1970s and ’80s. But his real love, and eventually his focus, was photography.

07/29/2024

Picking the right color Green is always a design challenge. Love the process this designer took.

“This is not millennial pink. The energy behind it is alive.”

02/10/2024

Great story about this iconic Ad. Where were you in 1984?

An oral history of Apple’s groundbreaking “1984” spot, which helped to establish the Super Bowl as TV’s biggest commercial showcase.

03/21/2023

It is very hard to update something that is so iconic. What do you think?

The recently unveiled design is meant to live alongside the iconic original and specifically address the city, but New Yorkers are not happy.

03/19/2021

Orange. One of my favorite colors. How about you?

The color orange has developed a utilitarian reputation in the United States — except in college sports, where it makes a statement.