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Posted inBooks
“Typographic Eye Candy”: 50 Standout Book Covers From 2020
This week, the American Institute of Graphic Arts announced the winners from its 2020 book cover competition.
Posted inArt
How Does Plastic Age? Conservators Are Taking a Closer Look
A new project is researching how Soviet-era plastics were made and used.
Posted inNews
Combatting Single-use Plastic, These Seed-filled Masks Will Bloom When Discarded
Designed by Marianne de Groot-Pons, the biodegradable rice paper masks are embedded with a Dutch meadow mix including asters, cornflower, and dill.
Posted inNews
Mushroom “Leather” Is the Latest Innovation to Hit Fashion Runways
The material, called Mylo, is made of mycelium — the root network of mushrooms.
Posted inOpinion
A Designer Teaches People How to See Others Who Are Not Like Them
The crucial question is how to ensure diversity is always top of mind, regardless of who the designers or students are.
Posted inBooks
E. McKnight Kauffer, a Commercial Artist With Ideals
For nearly 20 years between the two world wars, E. McKnight Kauffer, an American, was the most celebrated graphic designer in England.
Posted inIn Brief
Apple Files Notice Opposing Pear Logo Design of Meal-planning App, Sparking Upset
“While the rest of the world is going out of their way to help small businesses during this pandemic, Apple has chosen to go after our small business,” says Prepear co-founder Natalie Monson.
Posted inArt
A Digital Archive Mines the Depth of Design
The digital Letterform Archive has made nearly 1,500 objects accessible to browse online through over 9,000 high-resolution images.
Posted inNews
China Imposes Ban on “Copycat” Architecture
The Chinese government will prohibit future public architecture that “plagiarizes, imitates, and copycats” existing designs, like the replica of the Eiffel Tower in Zhejiang province.
Posted inArt
An Innovative Design Solution to the Messy Matter of Cremation
“Ashes were providing such a poor user experience,” said Justin Crowe, founder of Parting Stone, a company that turns cremated remains into solidified stone-like objects.
Posted inArt
Nature Offers the Best Designs at the Cooper Hewitt Triennial
Objects on display designed to be green substitutes for those that are ecologically harmful or failing are among the most thought-provoking in this exhibition.