Jonell Joshua is a Brooklyn-based artist and writer who explores her childhood in her new graphic memoir, How Do I Draw These Memories? Her mother struggled with severe depression and other health issues, and Joshua and her siblings sometimes lived with grandparents, shuttling to and fro homes and schools. This is an impactful—if not, for some, familiar—story of a family full of love, figuring out the best ways to be together while coping with mental illness. Complex in its structure and accessible through its artistry, it is a compelling sensory experience. Told in a multimedia format, the bo ..read more

Staring at a blank page can be daunting. The prospect of populating that empty space prompts many of us to retreat into our heads, a challenge that can stamp out innovation and limit the potential for groundbreaking ideas. A design-first organization, Dropbox gathers its creatives for an annual design summit. This year, the company chose the theme “Blank Space” with a clear mission—to craft an experience that helps creatives conquer their fear of the blank page, embrace new things, and reconnect with their creative mojo. Charmie Shah, the summit’s creative director and designer, conc ..read more

In 2021 plans were made to produce a book commemorating the 75th anniversary (1947–2022) of the School of Visual Arts in New York City. I have studied at the school, was expelled, taught in undergrad and grad, directed some conferences and co-founded five MFA programs during 54 of those precious years. So, it was particularly emotional for me to witness on a sunny, chilly April morning the unveiling of the sign designating 23rd Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue as SVA WAY. “School of Visual Arts is an anchor for creativity and talent on the East Side,” said NYC Council Member Carlina Rivera ..read more

Stars like Jay-Z, Run DMC, and The Notorious B.I.G. don’t just appear overnight. It takes a village, and a very talented village at that, to create personas of such magnitude. Many of these backstage figures have been there from the beginning, helping to craft aura, style—that special something—that propels someone from person icon. Artist Cey Adams is situated squarely at the center of those three hip-hop legends, among many others. Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, and Maroon 5 are a few more of the big names Adams has had a hand in molding during his four-decade career, in which he ser ..read more

System Process Form: Type as Algorithm, published by Thames & Hudson, catalogs Paul McNeil and Hamish Muir’s Two Type System, described as the ultimate typographic experiment. Created in 2015 for use in brand communications projects, this innovative approach to type design consists of a core database of 23 type systems comprising 198 individual fonts, which interpolate to generate millions of hybrid forms made up of dots, lines, and spaces. (7,762,392 variations are possible, if you’re counting). The 400-page large-format volume, printed in three vivid neon spot colors plus metallic black ..read more

When you have a greater diversity of people at the table sharing their voices and insights, you inevitably get better solutions. Joining us today is Jamie Lamonde, CEO and Founder of Kindship Group, whose core mission is to scale and grow businesses for good. We talk with Jamie about her recent trip to Germany to attend BIOFACH, the world’s leading trade fair for organic food, how the experience compares to Natural Products Expo West, and her top tips for getting the most out of any trade show experience. Our conversation gets into some of the key differences between American and European food ..read more

System Process Form: Type as Algorithm, published by Thames & Hudson, catalogs Paul McNeil and Hamish Muir’s Two Type System, described as the ultimate typographic experiment. Created in 2015 for use in brand communications projects, this innovative approach to type design consists of a core database of 23 type systems comprising 198 individual fonts, which interpolate to generate millions of hybrid forms made up of dots, lines, and spaces. (7,762,392 variations are possible, if you’re counting). The 400-page large-format volume, printed in three vivid neon spot colors plus metallic black ..read more

Animals are an increasingly vivid lens to see the world as remarkable and auspicious. Animals are also a fragile component of the Earth’s complex system, which humans have had a hand in preserving and destroying. In her new book, Rhonda Rubinstein—creative director for The California Academy of Sciences and co-founder of its BigPicture Natural World Photography competition—turns the lens on the good, bad and tragic in the precious animal kingdom. A decade of searing images appear in Seeing It All: Women Photographers Expose Our Planet (Goff Books). Included are profoundly moving, decidedly awe ..read more

What does it mean to really understand type—to use it with clear intent and purpose? Universal Principles of Typography (UPoT), a new book by Elliot Jay Stocks —published by Quarto and out today— answers this and so much more. The book’s 100 principles cover everything from the tactical to the compositional, sometimes pausing for the philosophical. In the foreword by Ellen Lupton, author of the book on type, (and our guest for the next PRINT Book Club), we love how she explains the breadth of what Stocks has endeavored to do with UPoT: “Typographic knowledge is an awkward mix of science (how ..read more

How are we all? Me, I’m … rested. After a pretty manic few months, I had two whole weeks off, so the three of us jetted off to Paris and it was LOVELY. A few highlights: Nathanaëlle Herbelin at the Musée d’Orsay; the Jean Julien installation at La Bon Marché; the Eiffel Tower (thanks to this one incredibly tip: when booking, set your computer’s clock to French time); hitting every single comic store on Rue Dante; and of course the open top bus tour. I love an open top bus tour. I was less keen on seeing a duckling being eaten by a crow at the base of the Eiffel Tower. That was … not great. Fas ..read more