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A Font Inspired by Egyptian Streets That Addresses a Problem for Arabic...
Name: Felfel Designer: Abdo Mohamed Foundry: Boharat Release Date: Initially 2021, but the font is still in progress Back Story: Independent type foundry Boharat Cairo was founded last year with the...
View ArticleFive Beautiful Book Covers and the Stories Behind Them
Artwork. Advertisement. Encapsulation. Billboard. Brand. A book cover is many things — and the best ones tend to be all things. In other words, no small feat for the designers tasked with creating...
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The Collaborative Spirit Behind Brian Eno’s Record Sleeve Designs
It was Brian Eno who invented the term ‘scenius,’ which counters the myth of the lone genius and credits the collective effort. There might be one name on the front of the record sleeve, though there’s...
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How Heart-Shaped Frames Became a Symbol of Reclaimed Femininity and a...
Joey Donatelli slides their glasses off and proudly holds them in front of the camera, as though bestowing an all-powerful gift. Donatelli is wearing a stone-washed Space Jam T-Shirt (the original 1996...
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“Exploring Unfamiliar Histories of Visual Culture” — Four Corners Books...
Run by Richard Embray and Elinor Jansz, Four Corners Books is a London-based publishing house that seeks to bring art history to life. They explore unfamiliar histories of visual culture, sharing the...
View ArticleThe Liberatory Potential of Teaching Design from a Body in Pain
One afternoon last spring, I collected a bag of small stones from the dried out river in my local park. The next day, I took them with me to a lecture I was giving to graphic design second year...
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The Y2K Aesthetic is Fully Back, but Can It Stick Around?
When editor and consultant Casey Lewis started her newsletter digest on youth culture, After School, she instinctively gravitated towards pastel and iridescent-like backgrounds for her graphics. “To be...
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Unconventional Sleep Aids Are in Vogue, and They’re Designed To Chill You Out
This story is part of our Weekend Reads series, where we highlight a story we love from the archives. It was originally published online in 2021. It used to be that if you needed a sleep aid, you went...
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Do Gender-Neutral Pronouns Need Their Own Glyphs?
This story is part of our Weekend Reads series, where we highlight a story we love from the archives. It was originally published online in 2021. As gender-neutral pronouns become more commonplace in...
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The ’80s Are Back, Baby
This story is part of our Weekend Reads series, where we highlight a story we love from the archives. It was originally published online in January, 2022. What are you seeing? Layered, type-driven...
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