This excerpt from Tony Seddon's Twentieth Century Design explores The International Typographic Style - a graphic design style that covers a twenty year period from the early 50s to the late 60s and remains an important influence today.
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Word Play: Just a Note With a Cause
Iconic designer and branding guru Debbie Millman is perhaps one of the best known designers in the industry sharing the stage with the likes of Paula Scher, Stefan Sagmeister, Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, and more. Her role as the President of Design at Sterling Brands has overseen the branding and rebranding of major companies...
Creativity Can Be Learned
Many people still believe that only certain people are creative and that creativity is a special or elite skill that only some possess. But this misconception is now changing. In recent years more evidence that creativity and creative thinking skills can be taught, learned and practiced has appeared.
Outdoor Gallery: New York City
For as long as I can remember I’ve had a love affair with street art. From 3-D chalk art paintings to the graffiti that litters the sides of rail cars and abandoned buildings all over Cincinnati to beautiful Banksy-esque street art. In fact, I love Banksy so much that I have a number of...
Website Prototyping Best Practices: How to Plan Your Website
Web expert Chris Butler gives website prototyping advice for exploring the user experience by building a working model before designing your actual website.
What They Didn’t Teach You In (Design) School
Design school teaches us a lot, but there are still lessons to learn. Phil Cleaver’s witty, new, self-designed book explores just what we've missed!
Designing for Mobile: Mobile-Specific vs. Responsive Design
Editor’s Note: When designing for mobile, the first question that usually comes to mind is whether a mobile-specific version should be built based on the desktop version or if the original site can be created so that it can adapt to use on various mobile devices. In this excerpt from his new book Mobile Web Designer’s...
Making Your DIY Website Unique
Platforms like WordPress provide a great way to build a DIY website easily and quickly, but it's important to set your site apart from the competition.
Submit to Creative Anarchy!
Deadline extended! Submit your design work for inclusion in Creative Anarchy, a new book from Mastering Type author Denise Bosler.
Keep Drawing: Freelance Illustration Advice from Kawaii Not
When I first started editing for HOW Books around a year and a half ago, the first book I chose as an editor’s pick was Meghan Murphy’s Kawaii Not, Too: Cute Gets Badder. If you’re not familiar, the book is Murphy’s second collection of Japanese-inspired cute comic strips of inanimate objects saying some pretty...


















