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I later learned that it had been a supply closet, rapidly converted for the arrival of the new junior copywriter. It didn’t matter. I was so proud of that first office with my actual name on a plate outside the door — drab, windowless, narrow, with fluorescent overhead lighting that revealed every worn patch of […]

This week on the DesignThinkers podcast, host Nicola Hamilton is joined by Debra Bishop, an award-winning creative director and one of the most influential voices in editorial design. Over the past four decades, Bishop has shaped the look and feel of some of publishing’s most iconic titles—from her early days at Rolling Stone, to launching

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest novelists of all time, Jane Austen. To honor her life’s work, legacy, and impact, The Folio Society has just published a landmark limited-edition set of The Complete Novels by Jane Austen in celebration of the occasion. The Folio Society assembled an

Paul Renner’s beloved and iconic geometric sans serif has been retooled and reimagined for another 100 years, featuring global language support, optimization for digital communication, and typographic goodies for style and readability. Futura®100 was officially released on September 15, designed by the award-winning foundry, TypeTogether. I recently sat down with TypeTogether’s founders, José Scaglione and

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. Bianca Bramham is the managing agent & creative producer at The Jacky Winter Group, representing the

Many graphic designers I know (and most visual artists) shop at one of Trader Joe’s’ various locations around New York City. They go for the comparatively cheap prices of incredibly good products—not for the artwork, although it’s hard to ignore it. Trader Joe’s decidedly has one of the most engaging graphic identities of any supermarket

This industry perspective is by Justine Allan, Executive Director of Strategic Business Development at Pearlfisher. Not too long ago, taste was everything. Snacks earned loyalty, not because of their salt content or nutritional value—but because they delivered on flavor, pure and simple. It’s what kept people coming back, even if the health credentials were an

I have commented on inflatables in the past. My favorite is the infamous giant rat that is frequently employed to protest the unfair treatment of unionized workers. The rats are ubiquitous urban icons. Another category of inflatable, the animated dancing man—a tall, gyrating air-propelled tube—is often seen beckoning customers into all kinds of retail establishments.

Good news: new business seems to be back. I had three separate conversations with people and teams about pitches this week. That’s great for all my advertising peeps. Now, apart from sharing in their enthusiasm, I find I can be of real value when I ask this one key question: What kind of pitch is

“Above is the cover of Dnevnik’s Objektiv, a Saturday’s supplement of Slovenia’s biggest newspaper. Yes, it is almost unreadable,” writes the designer Tomato Košir, “but the very loss of objective information was the point we were conveying.” A burst of gunfire gives this cover a sense doom. About 220 journalists have been killed during Israel’s