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Seeing Maira Kalman’s portrait of Kim Hastreiter—co-founder and longtime editor of Paper magazine—promoting the current episode of Design Matters on Print‘s homepage, prompted me to publish the following video. Alex Kalman directed it to promote Maira’s delightfully illustrated 2018 book Cake. Indulge me, please … Maira’s art, writing and attitude are, for me, soothing, calming […]

Typography shapes nearly every cultural touchpoint in our daily lives. It frames the headlines we read each morning, defines the identities of the brands we trust, guides us through cities, and structures the screens we scroll. Letters carry more than language—they carry tone, history, politics, and place. Whether bold and declarative or subtle and utilitarian,

Dan Onufrishyn is a creative director and educator focused on helping people do meaningful work together. His work sits at the intersection of culture, leadership, and clarity. URL: onufrishyn.com Pronouns: He/Him What is the thing you like doing most in the world?Helping people find clarity together, especially in moments of uncertainty. What is the first

I recently came across a brief exchange on social media revisiting the perennial debate: design versus art. It’s a conversation that resurfaces every few years, reshaped by new tools, new economics, and new anxieties about what creative work is supposed to do. At PRINT, we’ve arguably been exploring design as art for more than 80

While most of us are mourning the end of the 2026 Winter Olympics, some artists are already channeling inspiration from the Games into their work. One of the biggest and brightest stars from Milan Cortina 2026 was American figure skater Alysa Liu, who took home not one but two gold medals; one for Team USA’s

Stasys Eidrigevičius makes masks—not to hide behind, but to be seen. It’s something of a paradox, and his most current collection can be found within a grand, beautiful eponymous museum. The painter, illustrator, graphic, lettering and poster designer is from Lithuania (side note: at the turn of the century, my grandfather sailed from Vilnus to

In 1980, Los Angeles historian Jim Heimann—whose preservation and documentation of West Coast vernacular design has been a primary source of pop-culture artifacts—published his first thin volume about eccentric roadside architecture. That book, California Crazy, was the bible for commercial/folk art and advertising in the U.S. for over 20 years. Forty years after it premiere,

When a heavy hitter in the art world gets a fresh new rebrand, it’s going to make a splash. Such is the case for the Getty (The J. Paul Getty Trust), which unveiled a forward-thinking look earlier this month. Their new visual approach “seeks to define and symbolize what makes it unlike any other arts

In a world that sometimes feels like it’s running on low battery—politically, socially, algorithmically—design conferences might seem like an indulgence. But step inside OFFF Barcelona, and you’re reminded why gathering in real life still matters. From April 16–18, 2026, OFFF returns to the halls of Disseny Hub Barcelona for its 26th edition. Since its founding

Generative AI is no longer a future issue in design education—it’s already in the studio, in workflows, and in the tools students are experimenting with on their own. The real question schools are facing now isn’t whether AI should be part of the conversation, but how to bring it into the classroom without losing what