8 Fonts that Changed the World
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Hyperbolic? Not when you realize the incredible impact these font families have had on the history of graphic design. Can a typeface change the world? According to this sponsored post in Country Life, they have, beginning more than 2,000 years...
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The Best Covers of the 2016 Election Season
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The real winners of this presidential election cycle? The brilliant magazine design teams behind some of these iconic covers. Regardless of where you stand on the candidates, this season has seen incredible creativity in political magazine covers. “The 2016 Presidential...
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31 Crazy Good Magazine Covers
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Feast your eyes on this collection of gorgeous magazine covers, and maybe find some new inspiration for your work. George Clooney and a puppy dog named Kody Van Halen? A VW food truck in London? The oddest image of a...
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Chronical Hairline is One Gorgeous Font
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As brand storytelling becomes mainstream, type designers are delivering up fonts that fit the bill beautifully. The fashion industry has long recognized the power of a good font, starting with Harper’s Bazaar and its use of distinctive typefaces early in...
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Attention Type Designers: Entry Deadline Approaching
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Print magazine’s Typography & Lettering Awards program announces this year’s judging panel.Mmmmmm….. Typefaces....Around here, good typography makes us feel like Homer dreaming about donuts. We just can’t get enough of that deliciousness.So we’re excited for the upcoming “Typography & Lettering...
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Harvard Business Review and their Brilliant Throwback Cover
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“For people of a certain age and demographic, it evokes a sensory association that is without compare.”  Lately we’ve been seeing some truly impressive covers coming from the business magazine category, according to one industry analyst. “Look no further than...
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New Book Celebrates the Marketing of the American Automobile
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Designed as toss-asides, the humble marketing brochures have been lauded in a new must-have book for anyone with a penchant for cars, marketing and stunning design. The history of the marketing materials behind the American automobile is the subject of...
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New Dutch Print Magazine is a Truly Beautiful Thing
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The publishers explain why a magazine for and about designers really has to be in print.  A new print title, billing itself as “by, for and about design lovers,” has already garnered strong community support in the Netherlands and the...
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Design Envy: The Indie Magazines We Wish We’d Designed
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Take a closer look at these 10 independent titles that truly embody the relationship between form and function. What makes an indie magazine great? For some, it’s the content. For others, it’s the design. For some, like the magazine aficionados...
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The Art of Paper Notes: One Designer’s Sketchbook
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Take a look inside this designer’s sketchbook as he plans an online design course; it’s a work of art in itself. What’s the one technology that an online course designer can’t do without? If you’re John McWade of Lynda.com, it’s...
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