Addison Group Celebrates 25 Years with a Brand Refresh
Addison Group, a leading professional services firm known for its expertise in staffing, consulting, and executive search, is marking its 25th anniversary with a fresh new look. The company recently...
View ArticleRemembering Mostafa Asadollahi (1950-2024)
This is a guest post by Majid Abbasi, design director of Studio Abbasi, an internationally active studio based in Tehran and Toronto. Mostafa Asadollahi was among the first graduates of the Graphic...
View ArticleDesignThinkers Podcast: Tina Mackenzie RGD Emeritus
Each year, RGD asks a different Canadian design agency or studio to tackle the conference identity. In these shorter episodes, host Nicola Hamilton will speak with some of those folks—past...
View ArticleBeautiful Unknown: The Y2K Album Cover Art of Frieda Luczak
With the arrival of Brat, it feels like the Y2K revival is finally cresting. Beyoncé has moved on from channeling Corona to country. Pink Pantheress has moved on from singing over 1997 drum n’ bass...
View ArticleL’eggs’ Iconic 70s Logo Gets a Modern Twist
After more than fifty years of stocking shelves and dresser drawers, L’eggs has reintroduced itself with a fresh take on its iconic 1970s logo. Originally crafted by Roger Ferriter, the L’eggs...
View ArticleFrom Intimidating to Empowering: Financial Brands for the Next Generation
Lately, I’ve been fascinated by the moves financial companies are making to court younger audiences, and for good reason. Brands like Chime, Klarna, Check My File, and emerging crypto platforms like...
View ArticleCENTER Design Brings Sando Shop Nostalgia to Molly Baz’s Saucy New Brand
There’s nothing quite as disheartening as taking your lunch break or coming home after a long day, dreaming of a satisfying sandwich, only to bite into dry bread and flavorless condiments, leaving you...
View ArticleAnnouncing The 2025 PRINT Awards Call For Entries
The 2025 PRINT Awards honor the beauty of creativity in full bloom. Design creativity blooms in spaces where curiosity meets intention, where ideas are nurtured into forms that resonate and inspire....
View ArticleDesignThinkers Podcast: Michael Johnson
This week’s guest is Michael Johnson. He set up Johnson Banks in 1992, after a decade spent learning design, branding, and art direction across the globe. His company is known for how they define,...
View ArticleA Journey Through Pentagram’s Legacy in Logo Design
Logos are everywhere. They’re on our screens, stitched onto our clothes, and plastered across cityscapes. But how often do we stop to consider the craft, creativity, and thought that goes into...
View Article404 Design & Innovation Celebrates a Year of Bold Moves and Big Wins
Imagine starting a creative agency and, within 18 days, landing a major campaign with Netflix. That’s exactly the origin story for 404 Design & Innovation. One year later, the Brazil-based...
View ArticleKoto’s Refresh for Workday Brings Optimism to Enterprise Software
When you think of enterprise software, “warmth” and “humanity” might not be the first words that come to mind — but Workday is on a mission to change that. Thanks to a partnership with creative studio...
View ArticleThe Daily Heller: Excerpts From Paul Rand’s Penultimate Public Conversation,...
“A Paul Rand Retrospective” ran from October 4 to November 8, 1996, at The Cooper Union/ Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design & Typography and Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery. It was organized by...
View ArticleDesignThinkers Podcast: Jennifer Kinon
This week’s guest is Jennifer Kinon. Kinon founded Champions Design with Bobby C. Martin, Jr in 2010. Today, Kinon leads business, design, and strategy at Champions. For more than a decade, the firm...
View ArticleA Lisa Congdon Postcard Holiday at Peet’s Coffee
Forget the fruitcake and frantic shopping sprees! This holiday season, Peet’s Coffee is transforming its coffee cafes into cozy havens. Starting December 5, customers can enjoy complimentary festive...
View ArticleOpposites Attract: Fedrigoni 365 Explores Duality in Design
In a world increasingly divided, Fedrigoni 365 2025 offers a refreshing perspective. This year’s calendar, themed “Opposites,” invites us to celebrate diversity and embrace the beauty of contrast....
View ArticleThe Daily Heller: The Scope of Lester Beall’s Art and Design
There is a debate among some scholars and connoisseurs of graphic design history regarding who was the first American modern designer. Should it even make a difference? Perhaps not, though it is...
View ArticlePepsiCo Design + Innovation Joins the 2025 PRINT Awards Jury
Our 2025 Presenting Sponsor is PepsiCo Design + Innovation As one of the first major corporations to unite diverse design disciplines into a single team, the work at PepsiCo Design + Innovation is...
View ArticleMeanwhile No. 224
In the Summer of 1980, photographer Lisa Barlow was following the curve of Connecticut’s Route 69 in a beat-up rental car, when she came across a giant cross looming above the highway. Intrigued by...
View ArticleDesignThinkers Podcast: Robert Wong
This week’s guest is Robert Wong. Wong was born Chinese, grew up Dutch, was Canadian, and is now American. While studying to become an accountant in Toronto, Wong woke up one day, flew to New York,...
View ArticleRao’s Homemade Gets a Festive Makeover with Timothy Goodman
As a lifelong lover of good design — and good pasta sauce — it’s not every day that I see a sauce label that stops me in my tracks. But this holiday season, Rao’s Homemade has done just that. The...
View ArticlePRINT Year in Review: 2024’s Buzziest Features
It was a wild year. But 2024 was more than Jaguar’s recent and very polarizing brand campaign. If the roller coaster of a presidential election left us reeling, the Paris Olympics provided a...
View ArticleSay Howdy to Santa in Cowboy Boots at Hatch Show Print
You’re in Nashville, Tennessee, walking along Broadway. Music emanates from every open door and window, on every floor of every building. You’ve listened to some great bands, bought a T-shirt, and are...
View ArticleWolff Olins Crafts a Brand ‘Made of Caribbean’ for Sandals Resorts
Here in New York City, we’re bundled up in sweaters, watching the snow swirl by the skyscrapers — maybe even daydreaming about a warm island getaway. Sandals Resorts‘ new global campaign, “Made of...
View ArticleUncommon’s REFRAME Identity for Vimeo Challenges Design Norms Through Resolution
As a designer, it’s always exciting to see a brand identity push boundaries, and the work Uncommon Creative Studio recently did for Vimeo does just that. The new design system reimagines a core aspect...
View ArticlePaul Peart-Smith Makes ‘An Indigenous Peoples’ History’ Accessible in Graphic...
Learning from the past is essential to shaping a more equitable future and advancing society with purpose and clarity. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s critical book An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United...
View ArticleRed: The Color of Power, Passion, and Populism
It’s inauguration week and the United States of America braces for a new chapter—one that feels as much like a political revolution as it does a masterclass in visual branding. The most striking...
View ArticleAI Won’t (Completely) Replace Us
AI seems to be in every conversation around us these days. AI is coming for our jobs. We need an AI policy. AI is fed by wholesale thievery of intellectual property. AI will save us. AI will end us....
View ArticleMeet the 2025 PRINT Awards Jury for Advertising & Editorial
The Power of Seduction and the Art of Storytelling In both advertising and editorial design, great design cultivates the experience, ensuring that each detail is placed with intention. It is the...
View ArticleDesignThinkers Podcast: Christopher Doyle
This week’s guest is Christoper Doyle. With over 22 years of experience, Doyle has established himself as one of Australia’s leading brand and design talents. Based in Sydney, his independent studio,...
View ArticleWandering Wombs Provides a Lifeline in the Fight for Reproductive Rights
As a person who menstruates, especially in 2025, I can’t help but wonder why menstrual health is still wrapped in stigma and misinformation. Yet, in the midst of this outdated reality, one digital...
View ArticleDesignThinkers Podcast: Michael Romaniuk
Each year, RGD asks a different Canadian design agency or studio to tackle the conference identity. In these shorter episodes, host Nicola Hamilton will be speaking with some of those folks—past...
View ArticleMake it Bigger. No, Bigger | Paula Scher
Paula Scher isn’t really a “magazine person.” But if you ever needed evidence of the value of what we like to call “magazine thinking,” look no further than Pentagram, the world’s most influential...
View ArticleA New Book Shares the Artistic Odyssey of Iranian Designer Farshid Mesghali
In the 1960s and 1970s in Iran, with economic development and government support, as well as the expansion of activities and the establishment of various institutes and cultural centers, art and...
View ArticleDesignThinker Podcast: Laura Stein
Each year, RGD asks a different Canadian design agency or studio to tackle the conference identity. In these shorter episodes, host Nicola Hamilton has been speaking with some of our past...
View ArticleDesignThinkers Podcast: Howard Poon
Every year, RGD asks a different Canadian design studio or agency to tackle the conference identity. In these shorter episodes, host Nicola Hamilton has been speaking with some of the past...
View ArticleSiberia Serves a Fresh Course for the James Beard Foundation
If food is culture, then branding is the narrative that elevates it. The James Beard Foundation, long considered a pillar of the culinary industry, has embarked on a visual and structural...
View ArticleSKF’s Brand Update Proves That Good Design Endures
Few logos can claim a legacy of over a century, but SKF’s wordmark has been a quiet icon of industrial design since 1908—long before corporate branding was even a formalized practice. Originally...
View ArticleMovie Poster Designer Kenny Gravillis Aims to Leave You Asking Questions
When a movie poster really hits, it can become a timeless icon of the film that is immediately recognized for the rest of time. Whether hastily taped up on a dorm room wall or lovingly hung in a...
View ArticleThis is What Happens When You Have Graphic Design | Simon Esterson
Great editorial design does not require vast resources but rather a clear vision and an understanding of how design can elevate content. This is what great designers do. Simon Esterson is one of the...
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