In 2012, five friends pulled an all-nighter drinking American rye whiskey in a sauna in Finland—a country in which rye is the most beloved grain and is deeply rooted in everyday culture. By morning, they asked a watershed question: Why wasn’t…
Emory Douglas is an American graphic designer most notably known for his time as Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967-1980 and oversaw its artistic direction of its newspaper, The Black Panther. Pivotal to the success of the movement,…
From the time you wake up in the morning to the time you go to sleep, you will have seen between 4,000-10,000 ads. That’s a lot of ads; probably more than you expected it to be. We’re surrounded by advertisements literally everywhere…
A good designer knows that you’ve got to look beyond the now to produce the best designs. This means looking toward the future to predict what is coming, but just as importantly looking back to the past for reference and…
Graphic design is an ever expanding creative discipline. A great designer is not just someone who is skilled and versatile on the tools. Great designers are also exceptionally rigorous researchers. We would argue that the ability to research and continually invest…
The world around us will ultimately influence the constantly evolving perceptions of visual ideas and therefore influence the visual messages we send. Because of this, there are perceptible trends and cycles that emerge in graphic design. Oddly enough though, we…
Minimalist graphic design is something that’s not going away anytime soon. Every day, we are inspired by our surroundings whether we realize it or not, and that’s especially true for those of us who are more creative-minded. We see inspiration in…
1. Joachim Lambrechts Joachim Lambrechts has a background in street art and has been involved in the graffiti scene in Antwerp since the 90s. His playful drawings of urban scenes, people and animals have a distinctive, experimental style with a mixed influence…
Shrenik Ganatra is a Shillington teacher in New York, a multi-disciplinary designer and songwriter currently based in Brooklyn, New York. His work is rooted in typography and has been featured in international blogs, publications and Creative Boom, Adobe, Graphis, The Design…
Maybe you have some extra free time to yourself or perhaps you’ve hit that one major hurdle that every graphic designer dreads: a creative rut. Designers look to the former as an exciting opportunity to experiment with new graphic design…