Survival tips for the next GRA 500 design angels

(Maybe I’m feeling the Met Gala 2018 theme a little too much, but surely, you’ll be angels). As much as I admired graphic design before, I definitely have a deeper appreciation for the craft after taking Publication Design with Professor… Continue Reading

WIRED | Field Notes | Images

WIRED isn’t just a science magazine — it’s a magazine about innovation and technology that hinges on the wonder behind science-fiction. The visual identity of WIRED is constructed to reflect this enduring, tech-focused spirit. Usually, when the images are photographs,… Continue Reading

WIRED | Field Notes | Furniture

If you were house-hunting and happened to walk into WIRED, you’d pick up immediatelyon the quirky-meets-sophisticated home decor anchoring WIRED’s look. For starters, there are cutesy dingbats marking illustrator and photographer credits at the bottom of stories. Numbers (and even… Continue Reading

WIRED | Field Notes | Language + Typography

Featured image by Raphael Schiller from Unsplash.com As a whole, WIRED’s textual aesthetic is sophisticated. I believe WIRED maintains this aesthetic in its typefaces, both serif and sans serif, to counter the unusual content, vivid language and overall fantastical tone contained… Continue Reading

WIRED | Field Notes | Organization

The saying goes, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but what about a magazine? Here is my investigation of WIRED Magazine’s organization in its publication design. I am using the January 2017, August 2017 and November 2017 U.S. editions… Continue Reading

Hip-hop’s latest beef? Typefaces.

Many reasons have been given by hip-hop elitists and those with esoteric taste as to why Drake and the October’s Very Own collective are worthy of disdain: “They’re too soft.” “Drake is so sensitive; he’s always in his feelings.” “There’s… Continue Reading