8 Design Conferences Not to Be Missed in 2019
Design is an ever-changing field, and it’s sometimes hard to keep up with the news feed. Fret not: attending a design conference gets us offline and into a world full of new ideas, discussions, and...
View ArticleIs Design Thinking Really Bullshit? Thoughts from Marty Neumeier
Last June, Pentagram partner Natasha Jen gave a main-stage presentation to a rapt audience of 1,000 at Adobe’s 99U conference in New York City. Her talk was engaging, funny, and brought forth some...
View ArticleHOW Design Live Taps Industry Change
In 1998, the United States War College coined an acronym that seems to ideally describe our world today: VUCA, or “volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous.” VUCA was meant to describe situations...
View ArticleShantell Martin on design drawing, success, storytelling
You have probably heard of Shantell Martin, the British designer with more than an inkling for comic-driven style, specifically in black and white. The New York-based artist recently painted a series...
View ArticleIggesund Paperboard Helps Farmers and Does Good
One paperboard company in the north of Sweden is more environmentally-friendly than most, and they’ve got a big goal—they’re trying to reduce fossil fuels. Set in the small town of Iggesund, Sweden,...
View ArticleEric Friedensohn on Life and Latin America
By Guest Contributor Tim Newcomb There was a time when the young Brooklyn-based designer Eric Friedensohn — also dubbed Efdot — wanted to build a little niche in lettering and typography. But he soon...
View Article3 Tips for Making Your Pitch to Attend HOW Design Live
Anyone who’s been to HOW Design Live will tell you it’s an incredible, inspiring experience. But if you’re going to ask your employer to pick up the tab, you have to make a bold case for attending. So...
View ArticleAt HOW Design Live, One Moment Can Make Magic
In its nearly 30-year history, the HOW Design Live conference has seen a couple thousand speakers, countless “aha” moments, tens of thousands of attendees and an undisclosed number of free drink...
View Article6 Designers Turned Tattoo Artists to Follow on Instagram
Tattoo art is at an all-time peak today, thanks to Instagram, and the art of tattooing and sharing your ink has become an art in itself. A growing trend at tattoo conventions worldwide are flat,...
View Article53 Thoughts from HOW Design Live
HOW Design Live gets better and better every year. The incredible energy, the incredible speakers, the nearly-overwhelming sense of inspiration and camaraderie—all of it makes for an experience that’s...
View ArticleWhen Design Was An Offshoot Of Printing
During the 19th century an increase of printed materials fostered the rise in trade magazines. The content centered on information for the craft and profession. The Inland Printer was created in...
View ArticleDesign Caucus: Vote for a Democratic Presidential Logo
Print has been acquired by an independent group of collaborators—Deb Aldrich, Laura Des Enfants, Jessica Deseo, Andrew Gibbs, Steven Heller and Debbie Millman—and soon enough, we’ll be back in full...
View ArticleWhat’s the Future of AIGA?
PRINT is back. And soon, we’ll be relaunching with an all-new look, all-new content and a fresh outlook for the future. Stay tuned. In 2018, following the departure of Julie Anixter, officials at AIGA...
View Article12 (More) Overlooked & Underappreciated Typefaces
Print has been acquired by an independent group of collaborators—Deb Aldrich, Laura Des Enfants, Jessica Deseo, Andrew Gibbs, Steven Heller and Debbie Millman—and soon enough, we’ll be back in full...
View ArticleThe WPA: 92 Posters Paid For By the Government
Print has been acquired by an independent group of collaborators—Deb Aldrich, Laura Des Enfants, Jessica Deseo, Andrew Gibbs, Steven Heller and Debbie Millman—and soon enough, we’ll be back in full...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Is Your Favorite Design Event Canceled?
PRINT is back. And soon, we’ll be relaunching with an all-new look, all-new content and a fresh outlook for the future. Stay tuned. As COVID-19 continues its spread around the world—and with the full...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: At Home With Steven Heller
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve decided to kick off a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that will bring us...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: At Home With Debbie Millman
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve decided to kick off a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that will bring us...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: At Home With Gail Anderson
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve decided to kick off a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that will bring us...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Jesse Reed’s Brilliant Book Cover Collection
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve decided to kick off a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that will bring us...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Ken Carbone, To Rome and Back
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve decided to kick off a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that will bring us...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Hitting the Streets With Lincoln Cushing
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been publishing a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that brings us into the...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Remote Working With Randy J. Hunt in Singapore
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been publishing a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that brings us into the...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Gary Panter on the Point of Making Pointless Things
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been publishing a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that brings us into the...
View Article19 Art and Design Movies to Watch in Quarantine
If you’re like us, you’ve probably been spending a bit more time on your couch at night these days, watching a bit too much TV. Since there’s only so much “Love is Blind” snacking that one can handle...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Zipeng Zhu’s Quarantine Survival Guide
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been publishing a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that brings us into the...
View Article21 #CombatCovid Posters From Paula Scher, Maira Kalman & More
This morning, NPR featured our #CombatCovid collaboration with Poster House. As a complement to the piece, which appeared on Morning Edition, and has also been featured in The New York Times, here is...
View ArticleViktor Koen: “When you don’t know what to do, do.”
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been publishing a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that brings us into the...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Legendary Illustrator Steve Brodner Bears Witness
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been publishing a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that brings us into the...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Debbie Millman’s Ode to NYC
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been publishing a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that brings us into the...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Miao Zhao—Following SARS, a Second Quarantine
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been publishing a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that brings us into the...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Champions Design—a New Name, and Then …
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been publishing a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that brings us into the...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Bonnie Siegler’s Cipe Pineles + William Golden Treasures
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been publishing a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that brings us into the...
View ArticleThe RDA is Here!
At long last: It has arrived! We are absolutely thrilled to announce the winners of the 2019 PRINT Regional Design Awards today. For the scoop on the delay (a transition to independent new owners!),...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Keepin’ On With Austin Dunbar of Durham Brand & Co.
In order to make the creative world feel a bit less lonely and a bit more connected in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been publishing a new blog series—CoviDiaries—that brings us into the...
View ArticleCoviDiaries: Finding the Printed Past in Neville Brody’s Lockdown London
The biggest gifts are often those buried in adversity. In my case, the ones concealed in lockdown have been essentially those of time and space—time to declutter, review and organize, and space to...
View Article30 of the Best Art and Design Books of 2020
Got some shelf space? We hope you have a lot of it. Because the amount of great design books that were published this year is daunting. (Really—as I glance to my left, I see a teetering column of...
View ArticleSupport 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 is expanding. According to the American...
View Article“Made Here” is a Love Letter to NYC’s Asian Communities
Fair warning: incredible food porn (and some not-so-incredible food puns) ahead! As a former New Yorker who aches for the city’s global food discourse, I devoured this cookbook. I’ve always loved...
View Article2023 in Review: Top Conversation Starters
Are you running out of things to talk about around the holiday table? Whether your design interests intersect with color, fashion, history, pop culture, the environment, or social justice, our writers...
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