When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Paul Rand Mid-century modern design has been an enduring trend since its conception and ...

Pioneering Modernist designer Dorothy Waugh gets her due as Poster House reunites her groundbreaking Great Depression-era NPS ...

A page from the 2014 reissue of the New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual showing a diagram explaining the use of arrows in wayfinding signage in subway stations (photo courtesy of ...

Rudolph de Harak (1924–2002) is one of the most influential modernist graphic designers of the mid-twentieth century. This comprehensive monograph is the first major publication devoted to this ...

Will Burtin (1908-1972) is part of a revolutionary group of mid-century designers who changed the method of information communication. Burtin’s work is the subject of a new chapbook, Will Burtin: The ...

What makes an outstanding book cover? The Book Jacket Designers Guild of the 1940s and ’50s defined the art as the “successful integration of concept with graphic means … and expression of the spirit ...

Many people know the names of influential architects, artists, and fashion designers; far fewer know the names of graphic designers. It’s strange to me, since graphic designers create so much of our ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “The world is getting faster, more complicated and more fucked up, so there are always larger ...

Jens Müller, author of History of Graphic Design. Vol. 1, 1890–1959, offers up a selection of hidden gems in his remarkable new book. This guy started it all. Jules Chéret was not only a brilliant ...

In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. “Inside the Design Center,” the Mingei International Museum’s newest ...