Art

Companies and brands are built and led by humans; therefore, we should treat them with the same care and attention to their overall health and wellness, as we do ourselves and our loved ones. We should nurture them (capital), exercise them (advertising, social media, print), and by all means, take extreme care of their emotional […]

Pentagram’s incredible identity for The Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha launched in late January. The distinctive letterforms and the earthy yet bright color palette were a much-welcome sight on my Instagram feed. It’s a tremendous comfort to me that we have cultural institutions like The Joslyn to celebrate the best of what we’re capable of

Debbie Millman’s ongoing project “What Matters,” an effort to understand the interior life of artists, designers, and creative thinkers, is now in its third year. Each respondent is invited to answer ten identical questions and submit a nonprofessional photograph. Emily Jeffrey-Barrett has spent the last ten years creating brands and campaigns with impact. An experienced

I cannot think of a more respectful pastime than making rubbings (or frottages) of the engraved letters on the faces of cemetery headstones, as they are rocks of sages. The notion that a typeface marks the final resting place of a human being for eternity gives truth to a speculation that said typeface will embody

Our need will be the real creator. Plato The Force Driving Every Great Business Graphic designers arrange visual elements — markings and colors — on a field or canvas to convey a message or evoke a feeling. Whether it’s pencil and paper or manipulating pixels on a screen, their output manifests as visual stories on

Join us for this weekly conversation between photographer Craig Cutler and illustrator Craig Frazier, whose collaboration is a testament to the unexpected alchemy of creative play. The Two Craigs project consists of one weekly prompt interpreted by the pair for 52 weeks. Check out the full series as it unfolds. Go backstage on the Two

The Portland Stamp Company has transformed bespoke philately. And no, that’s not some sticky sex act, but rather mail art at is finest. For over a century, stamp and mail art has been a widely practiced expressive form that ranges from the creation of beautiful and witty postage from fictitious nations to precisely forging real

I’m working on an interesting project that is trying to answer the following question: “What are the ideal conditions for breakthrough creative to happen?” This year’s Super Bowl advertising provided all the evidence I needed to confirm something I have been observing and feeling for a while: namely, advertising is in a creative ditch. We’re

Nearly 40 years after its launch, Spin magazine has returned to print—and at the helm, once again, is its founding editor and today’s guest, Bob Guccione Jr. Launched in 1985 as a scrappy, rebellious alternative to Rolling Stone, Spin became a defining voice in music journalism, championing emerging artists and underground movements that mainstream media

Few logos can claim a legacy of over a century, but SKF’s wordmark has been a quiet icon of industrial design since 1908—long before corporate branding was even a formalized practice. Originally hand-painted by an employee, the bold, geometric lettering was a strikingly modern expression for its time, setting an example for countless industrial brands