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Introducing The Electro-Library
David Senior, the bibliographer for the Museum of Modern Art Library, organized THE ELECTRO-LIBRARY, a small show at MoMA right now on European Avant-Garde magazines from the 1920s. It is in the...
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Pilsen’s Hometown Hero: Ladislav Sutnar
The life and work of a significant Pilsen native, the industrial and graphic designer, educator and painter Ladislav Sutnar, was the focus of an extensive initiative to reintroduce the man and his work...
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Boris Bućan: A Posterfull Life
Boris Bućan (b.1947) is a Croatian artist and poster designer whose work has been celebrated by many museums, including MoMA. A current exhibition at MSU Zagreb (through May 29), “Breakfast At The...
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The Face of a City
Increasingly more cities are using individual proprietary fonts. Such is the case for the city of Tilburg, The Netherlands, which now has the TilburgsAns font created by typographer Sander Neijnens and...
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Signs of Life, Havana Style
Diego Vainesman of 40N47 Design and chairman emeritus of the Type Directors Club recently returned from Havana where he was seeking typographic treasures. Obviously, this is a time of discovery, what...
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Valnoir Puts the Iron in Irony
I was introduced to the work of Paris-based Valnoir of Metastazis Studio when MIrko Ilic, not known for squeamishness, showed me photos of the designer/artist printing posters with his own blood. “Now...
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Italians Deported Their Jews Too
Until 1938, Jews could join the Italian Fascist Party. Among the oldest Jewish enclaves in Europe, in Italy there were about 50,000 in 1933, 12 years into Fascist reign. Jews had lived in Italy for...
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Shadows of the Pasts
Triumphs and Laments by William Kentridge is a large-scale 500-meter-long frieze, blown with high-pressure erasers from the ‘biological patina on the travertine embankment walls that line Rome’s urban...
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Letters From Svenska
Pyttans AB and CD to Learn is a strangely delightful ABC book dedicated to the Swedish opera singer Marianne Morner, also known as Pyttan. Painted in 1896 by “uncle” Albert Engström, it has become one...
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The Hyperactive Paperback
Before you all left for an enjoyable weekend of reading design textbooks and flipping through the pages of consumer design magazines (and otherwise luxuriating in design and its offshoots), I wrote...
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Designer of the Week: Tosh Hall
PRINT is proud to introduce our latest Designer of the Week, Tosh Hall. He’s the creative director of Jones Knowles Ritchie, an independent design agency with studios in London, New York, Singapore and...
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Designer of the Week: Anthony Furia
Meet PRINT Designer of the Week Anthony Furia, a graphic designer, illustrator and art director whose eclectic portfolio showcases his meticulous approach to his craft, his flair for concept-driven...
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Where Happiness is the GNP
Peter Bilak is no stranger to The Daily Heller. We’ve covered his Works That Work magazine, and now in conjunction with the mag, his team is preparing a documentary film about the small Himalayan...
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More WAR Design
Dehumanizing an enemy and striking primal fear into the hearts and minds of war-torn societies and malleable citizens has been the job of graphic designers and other visually astute practitioners. We...
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Google Noto: A Typeface That’s Preserving History
Today is the last day for Early Bird entries to Print‘s Typography & Lettering Awards! Don’t miss your chance to be featured among the greats in Print magazine! Enter today. Google and Monotype are...
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A Tribute to Osamu Tezuka, Manga’s Most Influential Artist
Typography is one of the most vital keys to successful design—and Print’s Typography & Lettering Awards is here to celebrate it. Enter your typographic designs and hand lettering projects by the...
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Where Happiness Works
Bhutan is a tiny kingdom in the Himalayas where the gross national product (GNP) is happiness (GNH). This concept captured the imagination of designer, typographer, publisher and editor Peter Bilak,...
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Calligraphic Anime
Meghdad Asadi Lari is originally from Shiraz, Iran. He came to the U.S. in 2010 to study 3D animation at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and has created a choreographic piece that incorporates...
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Data Humanism: The Revolutionary Future of Data Visualization
We’ve reached peak infographics. Are you ready for what comes next? by Giorgia Lupi Data is now recognized as one of the founding pillars of our economy, and the notion that the world grows...
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The Modern Masterpiece
German Modernism in interior design was given a showcase at the Section Allemande, also known as the Werkbund Exhibition, at the 20th annual Salon of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs in 1930. The...
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