Review
First green shoots of an Indian spring
What is ‘Indian’ design? This was the unofficial theme of September’s 2008 Design Yatra in…
Advertising’s second coming
This book provides a succinct overview of alternative advertising strategies that have become prominent in…
How hip-hop changed the way things look
I have to admit I’m not the greatest fan of Hip-Hop so it’s a bit…
The artist behind Norman Bates
The artist Edward Hopper was said to have been ecstatic when told that Alfred Hitchcock…
Art direction unknown
What makes a photo art? It helps if you encounter it in some sanctioned art-viewing…
Aicher’s Heroic Aspirations
When the German designer Otl Aicher died in 1991, a particular kind of graphic design…
The Subversive Arts Of Crafting
For those familiar with the alternative craft movement, the mid-sized project manual Making Stuff may…
The cultured sensibility of Cipe Pineles
Cipe Pineles? Say it Sea-pea Pin-ell-ess; she’s credited with being America’s first influential female art…
A renaissance man's mission
Is John Maeda the new millennium’s successor to David Carson? Or the Leonardo da Vinci…
Heavy breathing at the crystal goblet
‘Graphic Design & Reading will be assigned reading for my graduate students this fall,’ announces…