Made on Purpose: Notes From iF Design Berlin
At iF Design’s Award Night and Trend Conference in Berlin, the industry’s conversation about AI quietly grew up. The new question isn’t whether the machines will replace us. It’s what survives them.
The Daily Heller: Happy Third of July
“The Crossing” compares historic perspectives of Washington’s Crossing with responses by national and international contemporary artists.
The Daily Heller: Celebrating the Lost Tribe of Alphabet City
“Blending humor, nostalgia, spirituality and pop culture,” this new exhibition is “the only place where Maimonides meets the Grateful Dead as they both drink Dr. Brown’s…
Type Tuesday: Calenza Proves the Best Type Museums Are City Streets
Calenza transforms the vernacular lettering of Valencia’s iconic ceramic street signs into a contemporary type family that proves thoughtful design solutions can still…
Typography Has Its Monumental Moment at the Obama Presidential Center
Few projects celebrate typography at this scale. The Obama Presidential Center’s Words of Hope installation uses 458 oversized Gotham Bold letters to transform one of…
The Daily Heller: Get Your Licks on Route 66
The USPS Route 66 stamp collection will feature images of roadside culture taken by David Schwartz.
The Daily Heller: Modern Design Socialists
Yugoslav socialism in the ’50s and ’60s doesn’t look all that different from American corporate design of the same era.
The Daily Heller: Art, Design, Murder — a Summer Whodunit
Steven Heller goes back in time with ‘A Fair Corpse.’
Lord & Taylor’s Next Chapter Is a Food Hall Named After Its Most Visionary Boss
Love & War’s branding for the new Shaver Hall transforms the historic Lord & Taylor building into a food and culture destination that honors the legacy of retail pioneer…
The 86-year Evolution
PRINT is committed to keeping independent design journalism, competitions, and community programs free and human-made, and now we’re inviting readers who value that work…
Six Cinquième Scribbles a New Future for the Arts Nonprofit 1001 Colors
By unearthing a piece of history hidden in the literal fabric of their new headquarters, Six Cinquième gives a vital arts nonprofit a scalable national identity.
What Designers Need to Know from the Sustainable Brands Conference 2026
If you work on brands, Sustainable Brands is a conference worth paying attention to. It offers a look at the policies, consumer trends, and innovations shaping the…
The Daily Heller: Women of the Wiener Werkstätte
The Vienna Workshops were a wellspring of Modern design in Austria.
The Daily Heller: Mashing Up the Declaration and Proclamation
The Daily Heller: The Birth of Industrial Modernism
What Matters to Vasavi Bubna
What Matters: Piera Gelardi
What Matters to Andrea Bebber
Gabi Campanario’s Annual Sketcher Fest Brings the Global Travel Sketching Movement to Seattle
Maybe What We Need Right Now Is More Art Nouveau
The Daily Heller: Depicting a Natural Order Through Design
Dr. Dori’s Cut: 100 Words, No Filler.
Design Matters
What Matters: Piera Gelardi
Piera Gelardi reflects on how embracing playfulness, curiosity, and creative experimentation transformed her life—from co-founding Refinery29 to overcoming burnout—and argues that play is an essential practice for building resilience, connection, and innovation in adulthood.
The PRINTCast podcast
The Design Of Getting Unstuck With Sarah Kissko Hersh
In this episode Sarah Kissko Hersh draws on decades of communications leadership to show that clarity, empathy, and honest self-reflection are the foundations of…
The Design Of Legacy and Clarity With Gordon Kaye of GDUSA
In this episode Gordon Kaye talks about transforming a career in law into a lifelong mission of leading Graphic Design USA.
The Design of People-First Events With Together By Design
In this episode, Rachel Elnar, Heather Lynn, and David Carr-Berry talk about building memorable digital experiences by designing for belonging, empathy, and human…
The Design Of Beauty and Provocation With Brian Singer
In this episode, Brian Singer describes using beauty, play, and thoughtful design to reframe familiar symbols and spark honest reflection on social issues.
The Design Of Bold Joy With Alyssa Low
In this episode, Alyssa Low discussed how she transformed a personal sketching practice during the pandemic into a vibrant multidisciplinary art career by following what…
Brands for a Better World: Three Become One – The Merger of Tuyyo, Nemi, and Todo Verde
Three Latin-American food brands—Tuyyo, Todo Verde, and Nemi—joined forces to merge their businesses under the Tuyyo name, as founders Stefanie Garcia Turner, Jocelyn…
Brands for a Better World: Coffee with Benefits with Holly Xing of Eightbillion
In this episode, Holly Xing shares her journey as a nutritional scientist and formulating chemist, and how that experience led her to develop JostArriba, an instant…
Brands for a Better World: Scale with Distinction with Karl Strovink of Blue Bottle Coffee
In this episode, Karl Strovink, CEO of Blue Bottle Coffee, discusses the brand’s evolution, its commitment to quality and sustainability, and the innovative approaches…
The Daily Heller
The Daily Heller: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like the Sixties
The Brooklyn Botantical Garden is celebrating its own Summer of Love.
The Daily Heller: Are You a Fatalistic Philatelist?
Postage stamps are magical pieces of graphic ephemera.
The Daily Heller: Hot on the Presses
Alex Wright prints the fascinating history of the American newspaper.
The Daily Heller: Snagging the Front Page
The backstory on ‘Paul Rand: A Designer’s Art’ landing the front page.
Hockney Packed a Lot of Wisdom & Art Into 88 Years
And this is just one nugget.
The Daily Heller: Little Books, Big Subjects
These volumes are essential for design scholars wanting to expand their knowledge of global practitioners.
The Daily Heller: A Graphic Design Magazine With Influence
“Campo Grafico” quickly became the wellspring and springboard for the aesthetics that gave rise to an Italian style in typography and graphic design.
The Daily Heller: More English Textile Trademark Stamps
From the seemingly bottomless trove of Adrian Wilson’s typography collections emerges a treasure of handmade metal stamps.
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BRANDING & IDENTITY DESIGN
The Wellness Industry’s Next Big Trend? Looking Like It Has No Trends at All
As the wellness industry booms, designers have a growing opportunity to shape brands around longevity and trust—but AEVUM suggests the smartest move may be resisting…
KFC’s Latest Refresh From JKR Celebrates Its Most Iconic Asset
The bucket is back at the center of KFC’s brand story. In a new refresh from JKR, bold typography, refined illustrations, and a renewed focus on the chain’s most…
Organic Chaos
Ella’s Kitchen Kids embraces the beautiful chaos of toddler life with packaging that looks like a preschool art project in the best possible way.
PRINT Book Club: Thursday, July 23 with D.B. Dowd
In our next PRINT Book Club on Thursday, May 21 @4pm EST, Steven Heller and Debbie Millman interview Dora Drimalas about their new book “Hybrid: Curiosity in All…
The Perks of Personality-Driven Branding
A new rebrand for Stokes Coffee shows how heritage brands can stay relevant by turning real people, personality, and history into a flexible contemporary identity system.
This Is… Smart Branding (Even If Fans Didn’t Love It at First)
By turning an initially polarizing slogan into an open-ended invitation, Chicago Cubs’ [THIS] campaign smartly shifts marketing away from baseball itself and toward a…
How Do You Brand a Living Ecosystem? Brazil’s New Amazon Identity Offers an Answer.
Brazil’s new Amazon brand transforms one of the world’s richest living ecosystems into a dynamic identity system.
Etsy’s Refresh Signals a Return to Craft, Creativity, and Connection
Etsy’s refresh, created in partnership with Sylvain, centers on discovery as a human experience. A refined square logo frames a warm, bespoke wordmark, while a flexible…
OFFF x Uncommon: The Future of Creativity Isn’t Artificial; It’s Cultured
At OFFF Barcelona 2026, Uncommon Creative Studio challenges the rise of AI-driven design with a radically human alternative. In a moment defined by automation,…
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