Illustrations and Photographs That Captured the Year’s Biggest Stories
Posted December 21, 202320 Designs That Defined the Modern World
Posted January 3, 2023“Great design is about more than good-looking products. It has the power to shape how we experience life.” See the full essay here.
Happy Holidays
Posted December 19, 2022Colin Forbes, a ‘Designer’s Designer,’ Is Dead at 94
Posted May 27, 2022Colin Forbes, a graphic designer who had a hand in countless logos, book covers and interior spaces, but whose most enduring work may have been, essentially, designing a design organization, Pentagram, which grew from its founding in the early 1970s to have worldwide influence, died on Sunday at his home in Westfield, N.C., near the border with Virginia. He was 94. Read the full NY Times recognition here:
David Byrne’s “Reasons to be Cheerful”
Posted February 1, 2022The ever curious David Byrne (Talking Heads) has created an antidote to the everyday downer news: the website Reasons to be Cheerful is chock full of feel-good stories of people doing good. Check it out here: reasonstobecheerful.world
Great Site for Exploring Van Gogh’s Work
Posted March 2, 2021Discover the Life and Work of Vincent van Gogh at the Van Gogh Museum website. Zoom WAY in and see every brush stroke. While museums are closed this is the next best thing. Van Gogh Museum.
Milton Glaser 1929-2020
Posted July 10, 2020A hero to all living graphic designers, Milton Glaser worked until his death at 91. His Dylan poster made it into nearly six million homes. Read the NY times obit here.
A White Woman, Racism and a Poodle
Posted June 12, 2020A woman is repeatedly pulled over for no apparent reason until she realizes her poodle, who rides in the front seat, has been mistaken for a black man. Read the essay here.
Happy New Year!
Posted January 2, 2019NEW WORK: Event Poster for Steel Bridge Songfest
Posted December 30, 2018One of the great things about being a graphic designer is getting to work on such a variety of projects. For many designers, the poster is one of our favorites, and sadly, one that comes around all too seldom (at least for us). Recently Greg was privileged to get to design a poster for an annual music and song festival in Sturgeon Bay, WI. With a limited budget but an extensive trove of photography from past events, a collage seemed a good solution.