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“Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art” Highlights the Often...
One of the first artists I ever covered for PRINT was the extraordinary quilting artist Bisa Butler. Widely beloved and heralded for her immersive quilted portraits, Butler has been one of the...
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TASCHEN’s Two-Volume Textile Collection is Pure Coffee Table Eye Candy
For those in the know within the textile community, the city of Mulhouse in eastern France is already on your radar. But for those textile laymen like myself, who have a surface-level appreciation for...
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Jason Brown’s Perfectly Imperfect Path to Pearlfisher
Jason Brown was built for this moment. Over the last 30 years, the creative and business operations powerhouse has been unknowingly cultivating the exact set of skills and experience to be the perfect...
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Rebranding an Icon: the Classic American Girl Look Gets a Fresh Spin
For 90s kids like myself, few moments throughout the year were as exciting as when the American Girl catalog appeared in the mailbox. I remember devouring every issue from cover to cover on our family...
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The New York Community Trust Unveils New Visual Identity for Centennial...
The New York Community Trust, the largest community foundation in New York, has launched a new visual identity to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The brand refresh honors a century of connecting New...
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SKITTLES Celebrates Pride by Helping Queer Community Connect
Every June, we witness an onslaught of brand Pride activations dominated by rainbow-centric design schemes and a month-long acknowledgment of a community at risk year-round. Some brands do better than...
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McSweeney’s Celebrates 25 Years with an Issue in the Form of a Lunchbox
I sort of envy anyone who subscribes to McSweeney’s who thinks they’re subscribing to a magazine, and winds up getting something like this in mail. Beloved publisher darling McSweeney’s has never been...
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PRINT New Visual Artists: Looking Back & Looking Ahead
When I was 9 or so, I remember going on a drive with my father. … He pointed out a cross on top of a local church and said, ‘You see that up there? I did that.’ To this day, I still smile about it...
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Artivism for Social Justice: Merch Aid Drives Change with Their Latest Capsule
In the face of ongoing social and political challenges, artists and designers are leveraging their talents to drive meaningful change. Through Merch Aid’s capsule drops—their latest initiative...
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The Al Hirschfeld Foundation Celebrates Pride with “Hirschfeld’s Drag Show”
Growing up in New Haven, Connecticut, in the 90s and early 2000s, one of my favorite places downtown was a small arthouse movie theater called York Square Cinema. Of course, I enjoyed the thrill of...
View ArticleWhy is Soccer Jersey Typography so Bad?
Hero image above designed by Christoph Koeberlin. In so many ways, we are squarely in the golden age of soccer jersey design. With every major tournament and new season, football fans, fashionistas,...
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WSJ’s ‘It’s Your Business’ Campaign by Mother Reveals the Ubiquity of...
Curious about the business behind your daily routine? The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is hoping to shed light on how business shapes everyday life—from your morning coffee to the boardroom, challenging...
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Architect of Joy Yinka Ilori Will Never Stop Dreaming
https://online.flippingbook.com/view/301347271 If you’re not excited by designer Yinka Ilori, you’re simply not paying attention. The British-Nigerian phenom is known for his signature use of bold...
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Go From Career Dream to Career Reality With PRINT’s NVAs
2008 marked the 10th anniversary of the PRINT New Visual Artists showcase, recognizing the most interesting, challenging and provocative voices emerging in the creative industry. That year, Michael...
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Celebrating 100 Years of Surrealism by Reimagining Modern Logos
Hero image above from left to right: YouTube by bo_rad, inspired by Rene Magritte; X by EN_Art91, inspired by Stasys Eidrigevicius; Netflix by Yeh, inspired by René Magritte. This year marks the 100th...
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The Marilyn Monroe Residence Has Officially Been Saved from Demolition
Featured image via mfrissen on flickr. Besides the gas prices, one of the most devastating things about living in Los Angeles is witnessing beloved businesses and buildings get bought, demolished, and...
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“100 Effed Facts About the Gender Health Gap” Lays Bare the Sexism in US...
Women weren’t required in US clinical research until June 10, 1993. Only 1% of global healthcare research is invested in female-specific conditions beyond cancer. Across 770 diseases, on average,...
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The Magnetism of Herbert Bayer and Bauhaus Typography on View in Aspen
There’s something enchanting about Aspen, Colorado—preserved Victorian architecture, an array of cultural offerings, majestic nature around every corner, and plenty of glitz and glamour if that’s your...
View Article“Art But Make it Sports” Connects Classic Art to Modern-Day Sports
If you’re an art and design lover searching for an entry point into sports fandom, look no further than the brilliant, “Art But Make it Sports.” The project is the brainchild of LJ Rader, a guy in New...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly at the 2024 Paris Olympics (So Far)
We have been happily burrowed within the loving embrace of the 2024 Paris Olympics for about a week now, and so much has already gone down. From a spying drone scandal in women’s soccer to viral US...
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Meet One of the Artists Behind Sha’Carri Richardson’s Signature Accessory
It takes a whole team to create the fastest woman in the world. USA Olympic sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson’s 100m silver medal win in Paris was thrilling to watch. Richardson’s incredible...
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Burts Bees ‘Camp’-aign Goes Retro with Limited Edition Merch
In honor of Burts Bee’s 40th anniversary, the company pays homage to its humble beginnings with the Camp Burt ‘84 Summer Merch collection. Collaborating with branding agency Tavern, the...
View ArticleDiving into Designers’ Favorite Olympic Sport: the Pictograms
One of the most quintessential design elements for each Olympic Games is the pictograms used as visual shorthand for each sport. Anyone who watches the Olympics will find themselves immersed in a sea...
View ArticleOui or Non? Design Experts on the Paris 2024 Olympics Branding
That’s a wrap on Paris 2024, and if you’re like me, your life has suddenly lost all sense of meaning. We’ve had the best athletes in the world competing for glory at all hours of the day at our...
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Call Yourself a Graphic Designer? You Have W.A. Dwiggins to Thank
W. A. Dwiggins (1880-1956) left an indelible mark on 20th-century visual communication as a pioneer of advertising, magazine, and book design. He was also a master calligrapher, type designer, and...
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Stuart Semple Calls Out Hostile Architecture with Powerful OOH Campaign
Stuart Semple has never shied away from making a stand. The cornerstone of his ethos as an artist has been standing up against injustices in the art world, like making certain trademarked colors...
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Carolyn Mazloomi Uses the Power of Quilting to Honor Black History
Going from aviation engineer to quilter is as extreme a career pivot as it gets. However, 75-year-old artist Carolyn Mazloomi did just that over five decades ago and then cemented a legacy within the...
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James and Karla Murray Raise a Glass to NYC’s Storied Bars in New Book
A city’s, town’s, or neighborhood’s bars serve as apt windows into the community, reflecting its people, values, style, history, and more within the walls. Photographers James and Karla Murray have...
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Positype Declares Independence with a Refreshed Website & New Typefaces
Founded by designer, calligrapher, and lettering artist Neil Summerour in 2000, Positype recently reaffirmed its independence with the launch of a new website and 40(!) new typefaces — bringing the...
View ArticleThe Best Design from the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games
The 2024 Paralympic Games drew to a close last week, after a thrilling continuation of the athletic prowess and achievement on display at the Olympics. These Paralympics encapsulated more than 4,400...
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The NY Liberty’s “Big Ellie” Takes the Big Apple By Storm
When other WNBA teams play the New York Liberty, their scouting reports likely go a little something like this: Close down Sabrina Ionescu from three-point range. Box out Breanna Stewart and Jonquel...
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Support Banned Books with PRINT
Reading can and should be both a mirror and a window. It benefits us all to read far and wide, in and out of our own experience. But the effort to ban books continues to be a concern in a time of deep...
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A New Book Honors the Bygone Bowling Alley
There’s little else in America as inherently nostalgic as a bowling alley. From those ‘90s kids such as myself who grew up attending duckpin bowling birthday parties at kitschy spots in suburban strip...
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AIGA Looks Back on the 50 Best Book and Book Cover Designs of 2023
We are not immune to the power of good book design here at PRINT, and we’re not ashamed to admit it. We love book covers, in particular. Every month, our resident book cover scholar, Zachary Petit,...
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Denver’s NO VACANCY Lets Artists Write the Last Chapter of Buildings Set for...
The narrative is all too common in this country: an old building steeped in history gets demolished, only to be replaced by a cookie-cutter “luxury” apartment complex, filled with grey flooring and...
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NWSL Announces a New Boston Soccer Franchise With a Brand Launch so Bad it...
It’s okay to have bad ideas. We all have them! To be human is to have bad ideas every now and then. But the key is to be able to edit those bad ideas. To be able to refine those bad ideas. To be able...
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Europa Clipper Heads to Jupiter in Search of Water and Cosmic Connection
Europa Clipper blasted off this past Sunday on its six-year voyage to Jupiter. Its mission: to search for water on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. Like the Pioneer (1972) and Voyager (1977) space...
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“Line & Thread” at the NYPL Reveals the Bond Between Prints and Textiles,...
A first-of-its-kind exhibition drawing connections between prints and textiles both in the past and present is on view now at the New York Public Library. Curated by the Curator of Prints and the...
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Remembering 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...
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The Classic Gatorade Water Bottle Gets the AI Treatment
You don’t have to be a professional athlete to appreciate the iconicity of the Gatorade water bottle. The green body and orange cap with the bold “G” logo emblazoned on the side has been a mainstay in...
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