New routines don’t come easy to working designers. Yet, House Industries and Autotype have carved one out, dropping a new collection of limited edition fine art canvases, serigraphs, housewares, and apparel spotlighting the art of the letterform and paying tribute to a rich archive of typography. Their collaboration brings type enthusiasts refined materialism without compromise. House Industries, founded by Andy Cruz, has a rich 30-year hand lettering practice that has visualized legendary brands like Hermès, Porsche, Lego, The Eames Office, Heath Ceramics, The New Yorker, and Jimmy Kimmel. De ..read more

The 200-year-old RSPCA, a UK animal welfare organization, recently unveiled its new identity with the launch campaign “For Every Kind.” JKR‘s London team created the new identity, which features a vibrant color palette, flexibility for use in digital spaces, and a charming illustration style. The new identity also features Wilberforce Sans, a custom typeface designed in collaboration with Studio DRAMA. Studio DRAMA’s Chris Nott (creative director) and Will Richardson (co-founder and creative director) drew inspiration from the RSPCA’s history of activism, specifically protest signage in the o ..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

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

A month ago, March 8th was International Women‘s Day. I read about its history again, its beginnings, and its growth into a global commemoration. I have distinctive memories of the late 1960s and early 1970s, of TV ads, shows, and movies in which women portrayed womanhood as it played out in society, especially regarding professions: nurses, teachers, secretaries, and assistants. In my last post, I talked about typography as poetry, describing my brief exposure to commercial art through my neighbor. At the time, I mentioned my interest to some of my older friends. They discouraged me from purs ..read more

Typographics, a festival for people who use, create, and love type, has announced the dates for June 2024 (its 10th year). Check out a list of this year’s speakers. This year’s festival, which runs from June 10 through June 18, offers a Conference (June 14-15), a Workshop/Tour series, a Type Lab (demos, interviews, and more), a Book Fair, and many more paid and free events. Registration for the main stage conference is on sale now at a highly discounted early bird rate, which runs until April 30. Typographics brings together global perspectives in web and app design, publication desi ..read more

Frontice piece from Pacte de la Societe des Nations (Covenant of the League of Nations). Paris, 1931. Arthur Szyk (pronounced “schick”) was a Polish émigré who was known in the United States for his cover portraits for Colliers and Time, cartoons for the New York Post and Esquire, and a large body of images on various Judaic and secular themes. As one of the most prolific visual satirists of his day, his World War II anti-fascist imagery had a visceral impact on viewers that was comparable to Goya’s Disasters of War. But Szyk’s mission went beyond topical satire; he employed art as an eng ..read more

In an era where design intertwines ever more intricately with progress, Conran Design Group ushers in a transformative phase by launching its new identity. Conran Design Group (CDG), a prominent brand and design consultancy under Havas — one of the world’s largest global communications groups — has unveiled a distinctive new brand identity. Positioned as Havas’ flagship brand and design network, CDG introduces an exciting purpose: design to inspire progress. This purpose is not just a tagline but a guiding philosophy shaping every aspect of Conran Design Group’s identity. The brand adopts a ..read more

Join Us Thursday, April 25 at 4 pm ET At our next PRINT Book Club, Debbie Millman and Steven Heller will chat with beloved design educator Ellen Lupton about the new edition of her seminal book, Thinking With Type. Lupton’s bestselling book is an essential guide to using typography in visual communication for everyone: designers, writers, editors, students, anyone who works with words on page or screen, and enthusiasts of type and lettering. Now in it’s third edition (March 2024), Thinking With Type has been expanded to include: More fonts: old fonts, new fonts, weird fonts, libre fonts, Goo ..read more

Future London Academy is a place for design professionals to level up, with in-person and online workshops on everything from UX to strategy to operations and the future of design. Its newest offering is the Design Leaders Programme (DLX), a 9-week course in Los Angeles and London taught by design leaders from studios such as Pentagram, Wolff Olins, and Dropbox. The program, built on the five Bauhaus pillars: Being a better human, Building better products, Leading better teams, Creating a better company, and Working for a better world, is designed to help emerging design leaders get onto the C ..read more