Graphic design

Design for the Real World: Album Covers

Arts, Culture & Media

Graphic designer Michael Bierut on the art of record album covers.

Design for the Real World: Album Covers

Arts, Culture & Media

All By Myself

Arts, Culture & Media

All By Myself

Arts, Culture & Media

A Digital Terarrium For Your Desktop

Arts, Culture & Media

Layer Tennis Is a Graphic Design War – Watch the Latest Battle This Friday

Arts, Culture & Media

Layer Tennis combines the confusion and misinformation of the game Telephone with jaw-dropping feats of Photoshop skill. 

Existential Progress Bars

Arts, Culture & Media

A graphic designer turns tedious progress bars into existential questions.

Imagine Your Next Vacation Destination: Kepler-186f

Arts, Culture & Media

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory imagines exoplanetary travel for leisure with these vintage-style posters.

The Many Covers of Paul Bacon

Arts, Culture & Media

Paul Bacon, who passed away this month, designed iconic covers for books like “Jaws,” “Portnoy’s Complaint,” and “Slaughterhouse-Five.”

Designing a New Symbol for the South Wasn’t Easy

Arts, Culture & Media

The lead designer of our new symbol for the South reflects on the challenging assignment, and the sometimes angry responses to it.