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Do Designers Have a Moral Mandate?
10 January 2017|design, Magazine, Print
Technology has, among other things, paved the way for mediocre design. One of the hallmarks of the digital age is the elimination of barriers; once those walls are down, anyone with a laptop can get in. At the same time,...
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Need: 25 Top Design Books of 2016
06 January 2017|design, Print
One of the great things about this time of year is all the “best of” lists and compilations. Around here, we are suckers for the best magazines, best fonts and best covers. Today, we’ve got another great list: The Best...
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Mediocrity and the Digital Designer: A Call to Arms
21 December 2016|design, Print
“Technology has paved the way for ordinary design, making it harder to create exceptional work.” One of the hallmarks of the digital age is the elimination of barriers. This has resulted, according to Steven Heller writing in Print Magazine, in...
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New Year, New Fonts…a Type Geek’s Dream
16 December 2016|design
Check out the latest newsletter from MyFonts’ Rising Stars. Good fonts are such a critical part of what we do. And 2016 has been a banner year for the art and craft of typography. We saw some rising stars in...
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Free Training on the Art of Good Cover Design
06 December 2016|design, Print
Magazine covers: When done well they are almost magical in their ability to grab hold of readers. Take, for example, the best covers from the recent election season, or these 31 crazy good covers. Designers disagree on any number of...
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The Future of Fonts…is HERE
02 December 2016|design
“‘Form follows function’ in modernist design and the principle certainly applies to modern fonts,” writes Rebecca Gross in Canva’s DesignSchool blog. “Based on geometric lines and forms, modern fonts are clean, clear, and easy to read; plus with a creative...
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Kinfolk and the Long, Slow Read
01 December 2016|design, Magazine, Print
Ah, Kinfolk…the epitome of the lifestyle magazine. When it launched in 2011, founded by a quartet of 20-somethings who embodied a lifestyle that’s now emulated on nearly every Pinterest board on the planet, it set a new standard in indie...
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Can Artificial Intelligence Be Trained to Evaluate Art?
11 November 2016|design, Magazine, Print
The publishers of EyeEm Vision turned to a computer to curate an issue of their print magazine. The results are stunning. Earlier this fall a hot topic making the rounds was “Can algorithms replace human editors?” Discussions were prompted by...
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Fonts are Having a Field Day: 2016’s Best So Far
04 November 2016|design
See which ones the top voices in the industry are choosing as their favorites, as typography blossoms in creative ways. Is it just us, or has 2016 been a banner year for new fonts? In May we covered some rising...
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How One Artist Utterly Transforms Found Paper
04 November 2016|design, Paper
Ben Lewis Giles is turning old paper into stunning new works of art through his brilliant and painstaking collages. Ben Lewis Giles has a thing for paper. “Much of what I use is from vintage books and encyclopedias, as well...
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