One of the founders of the Designers and Art Directors Association (D&AD) and an avid author on design, Bob Gill strongly believed that designers are the original problem solvers.
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Remembering Bob Gill
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Chip Kidd explains the two techniques designers use to communicate instantly and when, why and how they work […]
Stefan Sagmeister talks about Design, Aesthetics, and the Beauty of Design in this follow-up Q&A at Brewery Stage after his keynote “Why Beauty Matters” at D&AD Festival 2017
D&AD talks to David Pearson about designing books, and picks out some of 2015’s best examples of book design […]
At his newly opened workshop P98A Gallery, this master tells us about the beauty of constraints, the heritage of letterpress printing, and his unusual entrepreneurship principles […]
The web is more type than anything. We might as well get it right […]
Jessica Hische goes through her own work and shows you what happens when the small and imperceptible becomes even more exciting than the big bright and flashy […]
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Watch PBS’ “Off Book” on Typography
Typeface designers Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones outline the importance of selecting the right font to convey a particular feeling. Graphic designer Paula Scher talks about building identity in messaging, while Eddie Opara uses texture to create reaction. Infographic designers Julia Vakser and Deroy Peraza map complicated data sets into digestible imagery, mixing color, graphics and type […]
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Remembering Massimo Vignelli
One of the world’s great designers, Massimo Vignelli, is very ill and will be spending his last days at home. His son Luca would like all those for whom Vignelli was either an influence or an inspiration to write him a letter […]
In this short film Erik Spiekermann talks with Elliot Jay Stocks about how typography is used in the digital domain and what digital designers can learn from traditional print techniques […]