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Why Design Tokyo
Adobe’s principal designer Khoi Vinh was asked to share some words on stage at Why Design Tokyo, a new event for user experience design. The aim of Khoi’s talk was to encourage designers in J...
Citizen Designer
What does it mean to be a designer in today's corporate-driven, over-branded global consumer culture? The following is an excerpt from the introduction to Steven Heller and Véronique Vienne’s ...
The iconic film posters of Bill Gold
American graphic designer Bill Gold, who created posters for hundreds of Hollywood’s most renowned films, died aged 97 on May 20th, 2018, in Greenwich, Connecticut. One of America’s most succ...
Pricing Creativity: A Guide to Profit Beyond the Billable Hour
Blair Enns, author of The Win Without Pitching Manifesto, has released a new title, Pricing Creativity. Blair was happy for me to share an excerpt. Pricing Creativity, Rule #2: Offer Options One ...
Canada Modern
Canada Modern is a physical and digital archive of modernist Canadian graphic design, focusing on the period 1960—1985. It’s the culmination of Blair Thomson’s long-held ambition to curate ...
Identity Designed, the book
The Identity Designed hardcover (published by Rockport, available from January 2019) aims to uncover the most valuable details about what it takes to create a compelling visual identity. Since th...
Ivan Chermayeff, rest in peace
As one of America’s most celebrated graphic designers, Ivan Chermayeff helped to define the creation of modern day corporate identity. I was sad to hear that Ivan Chermayeff passed away on Dece...
The first Annual Brand of the Year
The pink, cat-eared “pussyhat” that became the icon of the Women’s March in January has been announced as the first ever “Brand of the Year” by SVA Masters in Branding Chair Debbie Mill...
Desk space and design kit
A quick look at some of the kit I use and recommend. I’ve worked from home since 2005. The home’s changed six or seven times — one reason why a minimal approach is helpful — but there’s...
France passes law that says Photoshopped images must have a disclaimer
The law means that any models appearing in commercial photography whose bodies have been made thinner or thicker using image software must be labelled with “Photographie retouchée” (edited p...