Author: Kayla Harris for Graphis

Italian Printers of the 15th and 16th Century

In the very first issue of Graphis, a small, but exquisite collection of marks was presented to…

Tim Burton’s Frighteningly Creative World

Everyone knows Tim Burton is imaginative. The film director has made some of the most groundbreaking, celebrated films of…

Images For Survival

It’s easy to forget that nearly 65 years ago a B-29 bomber named the Enola Gay flew…

Philippe Apeloig Wins

French designer Philippe Apeloig was recently announced the overall winner of the International Society of Typographic Designers for three posters he…

A New Look For The U.S. Postal Service?

When Newsweek magazine approached Michael Vanderbyl earlier this year with a special assignment to rebrand the U.S….

Erik Nitsche and General Dynamics

In the spring of 1955, U.S. defense company General Dynamics called designer Erik Nitsche in an emergency. For the first International Atomic…

Interview with Jack Mariucci

Over the course of his professional advertising career, Doyle Dane Bernbach’s Executive Creative Director Jack Mariucci has won hundreds of awards….

The Global Poster: The Origin of Mass Communication

Posters are a daily visual ritual, whether you live in kinetic urban sprawl or a vast rural…

Things to check out: IDPURE Magazine

Some design magazines just get it right — crisp aesthetics, rich editorial, inspirational content, and a smart…

Jeanne-Claude: 1935 – 2009

From the Website of Cristo and Jeanne-Claude: Jeanne-Claude, 74, American artist and resident of New York City,…

Edward Steichen: “Lives in Photography”

As one of the most prolific and controversial names in photography, Edward Steichen’s body of work certainly weighs heavily…

Matteo Pericoli’s View of New York

Everyone in New York has a window, whether it is a grand vista of Central Park or…