Blogs about Design

I've long been in awe of the sign painting in India and, for the London screenings of Sign Painters, I paired the film with Shantanu Suman's wonderful Horn Please documentary.I was therefore chuffed when Jill …

With Andy Baron, Executive Creative Director at Turner Duckworth, and Breehn Sasaki, Design Director at Turner Duckworth. The original post for the project can be found at https://bit.ly/bnpodcast078

It's Good Friday. 7AM. I don't particularly care about the significance of today, but it's a bank holiday and I've got the day off work, but instead of having a relaxing morning, I hit the …

I like making lists. A lot of people do. And this is reflected in the abundance of to-do apps available today. There's a silly amount of them. Designed to augment and organise our lives, they …

Hey, I hope you’re safe and well. I’m a little bit ahead of schedule because fall sales conference season is upon us, and I have to be in New York for work next week. I’m …

“Beyond Mind” (2023), vintage crystal, glass, quartz, obsidian, tourmaline, and mixed media, 27 x 26 x 13 inches. Photo by Luc Demers. All images © Lauren Fensterstock, shared with permission When a massive star dies, …

It's been two years since we first saw the 2x2 Ultra Bike prototype, which had electric motors—and gas tanks!—in each wheel.Produced by Russian company Robo Systems, it's now being offered for sale through mobility company …

Instant Lettering, A Letraset Database. From Hoosier Type Co.

Now is Better by Stefan Sagmeister, soft-cover book and slipcase (Phaidon Press, 2023). The book continues Sagmeister’s life-long interest how design can best speak to people and improve their lives. Initially conceived in 2020 as …

Liam Man does incredible light-based drone painting

ALTALTALTALTALTALTALTALTPostcards of the Wertheim Store in Berlin, 1909. Shoe and hat department, Winter garden, Arts & Crafts and carpet department. and last but not least – automobiles. Architect: Alfred Messel. Maas MuseumBuilt in 1906 on …

Another artist portrait, this short silent film is one of the earliest cinematic efforts by Alain Resnais, following some amateur experiments which are now lost. Resnais made several of these artist films in 1947, before …

All those in creative areas start by being inspired by others in their particular discipline, and their early work often replicates those they admire. The essence of AI is doing precisely that, minus the emotional …

I have made an exploratory prototype of a new game called Pieces for New York Times Games.

I had my beady eye on this book coming out. Paul Nash is an artist and designer I always find draws me in. He was one of a handful of artists that worked in the …

Like many other people, I’m grappling with how to best use AI. I’ve already run a few successful experiments around organizing and making sense of information. I’ve also used it to support my personal note-taking. …

Slowly creeping towards reopening up my online store! Do you like how I do this after the holidays? I’m a professional 😎. However, I have lots of prints, pillows, zines and othe sundry items available …

About Letterform Archive Established in 2015, Letterform Archive is a San Francisco nonprofit center for inspiration, education, and community. As a library and museum, we preserve over 100,000 artifacts of calligraphy, lettering, typography, and graphic …

Shoop is the brainchild of Noam Oppenheimer, an Israeli architect with a burning passion to bring hot soup to the people of central London. Alongside chef Brem Gil, their mission is to serve up delicious …

Polish is a word that gets thrown out in conversations about craft, quality, and beauty. We talk about it at the end of the design process, before the work goes out the door: let’s polish …