Editors' Picks

Not many young designers can boast a pedigree as impressive or as diverse as Jee-eun Lee's. From Mirko Ilic to Milton Glaser, Lee has had the rare good fortune to begin her already promising career by collaborating with two of the more accomplished and respected names in the industry. The daughter of a Korean diplomat, Lee [...]

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By Cheryl Yau Others have tried to describe multi media artist Bram Tihany as a filmmaker, a photographer, and even a photo surrealist. But when asked, 30 year-old Tihany, who speaks energetically and enthusiastically about his work, prefers not to adhere to rigid labels. “There wasn’t really ever an intention to be that broad,” he explains, yet his work [...]

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A few years ago I had the good fortune to edit a lovely little book called I Met the Walrus, based on an Oscar-nominated short animated film of the same name. Set in 1969, both tell the story of Jerry Levitan, a precocious 14-year-old who was a huge Beatles fan and wanted nothing more than to [...]

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The metaphor of a client meeting as a dinner party is a framework I've been using to think of a routine design studio activity through a new lens and perhaps place greater importance on the role of the host or hostess in setting the tone for these events. The Invitation An incessant BusyCal reminder doesn't [...]

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It's end-of-the-year, new-calendar time again. You might be tempted by cats wearing silly hats, or hot girls on the hood of cars, or fast airplanes or cute babies. OR, if you want to try something completely different, you could go with artist Abbey Luck's little twisted gem, "Death on the Mountain", a collection of sad, [...]

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[Editor's note: Print's 2011 Regional Design Annual recently hit newsstands. As usual it contains a glorious sampling of the most stunning design from individuals and firms all around the country. Sadly, what it doesn't contain is the work by the very talented team at Matchbox studio in Dallas. That's because we goofed: We told them [...]

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So far the biggest story to come out of baseball's early off-season isn't some splashy free agent signing or the abrupt retirement of St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa, but that of the logo and uniform redesign of the Florida Marlins. If you haven't seen the new look yet, it will be officially announced on [...]

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Last Thursday, The New York Times opened its doors, and its heart, for an exhibition of illustrations by Brian Rea and Christopher Silas Neal. Culled from their fruitful output for Modern Love—a much beloved column in the paper’s Sunday Styles section—the work speaks for itself, of course, but also for the talent and intelligence of [...]

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The Web Designer's Idea Book has finally gone digital. Author and web developer Patrick McNeil recently celebrated the release of The Web Designer’s Idea App, Version 2. With its abundance of inspiration and design examples, the app makes web design accessible for all designers, no matter their skill level or proximity to a computer. We sat [...]

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As big fans of the arts and beer, we thought this was an idea worth promoting. A la Kickstarter, Beck's recent Green Box project funds worthy startup ideas in the fields of art, fashion, design, and music (see below for all the details). If it's a good enough idea, apparently there is no limit to [...]

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