In 1991, Francisco Javier Rencoret, a Chilean architect and then Fulbright scholar at Cornell University, published New York City: The Edge of Enigma, (Princeton Architectural Press), a visual essay [...]
The ancient Berber village of Matmata in South Tunisia, located between the Eastern coast and the desert, is characterised by settlements of dwellings dug into the clay-gypsum layers of the ground. [...]
Contemporary Spanish painter Carlos Morago depicts realistic interior scenes that are mostly reduced to the bare minimum: light floors and walls and sporadical furniture. Empty corridors and rooms [...]
The Toghrol Tower is a 20 meters high tower located in the city of Rey in Iran made of bricks and Sarooj, a water-resistant mortar. It was erected in 1063, and according to some sources, it was [...]
Sandrine Marc is a photographer and artist based in Paris with a specific interest in self-made editions. She investigates urban and suburban territories through slow, long walks immersing herself [...]
American architect Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866-1946) was also an artist, writer and stage designer. He was based in Rochester, NY where he built his masterpiece, the New York Central Railroad [...]
The second album by British new wave band XTC did not feature any images. Instead, a written essay about how buyers are attracted by album covers to buy records was used.
The paragraph, which [...]
James Lipnickas is a New Haven-based artist and graphic designer. He creates highly evocative scenes representing small architectural stages in axonometric projection. Suspended stairwells, [...]
The palace of Charles V in Granada was built starting in 1527 as a summer palace for the emperor. The Renaissance building is located inside the Alhambra, the former Nasrid complex on Sabika hill, a [...]
Bernard Moninot is a French multimedia artist. Over the 1970s and the 1980s, he produced a series of drawings, (inks, crayons and acrylics) of greenhouses based on various modes of representation, [...]
Zoe Hawk, an MFA holder in painting from the University of Iowa, creates captivating works that have been featured in notable publications like New American Paintings and The Oxford American. She [...]
Romina Bassu, an accomplished Italian artist, is based in Rome, where she was born and now carries out her work. She boasts of two academic achievements, one from the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome [...]
Digital and virtual realities are shaping our perception of the future world daily, impacting how we perceive spatial design. Design is an intricate display of human creativity reflecting our [...]
Adobe has recently introduced a remarkable feature for upcoming Photoshop version (this feature is also available in latest Photoshop Beta), known as Generative Fill, that is transforming the [...]
Rebekah Rubalcava, born in 1996, is an Arizona-based self-educated oil painter. Her artwork serves as a personal catharsis, navigating through the realms of internal dreamscapes, personal [...]
Renowned Polish artist Agnieszka Nienartowicz wields her oil paints to produce stunningly lifelike portraits of women, distinguishing her work with a signature element – elaborate tattoos. [...]
Born in 1957, Glen Rubsamen is a multifaceted artist and writer, whose primary mediums are painting and photography. Rubsamen’s body of work resonates with a documentary-style curiosity, [...]
n her latest series of grand-scale paintings, artist Maud Madsen dives deeper into our emotional ties to particular moments and locales, as well as the purification of memory. Her representations of [...]
During its production from late 1927 to 1932, the Voisin C14 chassis emerged as one of the brand’s most prolific models, with a total of 1,795 units manufactured. Renowned for their stunning [...]
Dito Von Tease, a digital artist residing in Bologna, Italy, embraces anonymity by concealing his true identity behind his pseudonym. With an impressive educational background from renowned Italian [...]
Debbie Millman has an ongoing project at PRINT titled “What Matters.” This is an effort to understand the interior life of artists, designers, and creative thinkers. This facet of the project is [...]
Before one leaves the physical world for the astral realm, it would be prudent to specify the typeface that you want to have represent you for eternity (Paul Rand made certain of that). That is the [...]
I’m taking today off to watch the flowers bloom. And so should you. There’s too much stress in our lives. The government should enact more national holidays devoted to detox.
But [...]
My maternal grandfather was a taciturn man, and such a dead ringer for James Joyce in his later years that people used to stop him on the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn and ask for his [...]
We’re massive fans of The Working Assembly here at PRINT, a New York creative agency that champions small, women-founded, and BIPOC-led businesses. Helmed by founder and Head of Creative Jolene [...]
It is always a mystery to the outsider why some films have well-designed title sequences and others do not. Money—or the lack of it—is a common excuse. But almost all motion pictures do have [...]
Have you ever stopped to ponder the sheer weight of your existence? The vastness of your humanity? The enormity of your lived experience? Creative director, designer, animator, and founder of the [...]
I put oat milk on my morning cereal nowadays.
That’s a sentence I never thought I’d write.
But, it’s true.
How did this happen?
I enjoy a bowl of cereal in the morning. My [...]
The last issue of BANG! (No. 3) was published in 2019. Ring any bells? Can you think of why that year might have been its death knell?
The dreaded virus that immediately followed dashed a lot of [...]
For a designer, learning to set metal and wood type is as essential as learning to drive a car (stick or automatic). One of the most passionate teachers of the craft, Dikko Faust, co-founder with [...]
all images courtesy Gaku Yamazaki Gaku Yamazaki, a 21-year old college senior, spends his spare time traversing Japan in search of what he has dubbed ikei-yajirushi, or ‘unusual arrows.’ [...]
These white and intricate forms appear to be the work of mother nature, sculpted over hundreds and thousands of years. Instead, they’re the work of Japanese ceramicist Eriko Inazaki, who [...]
If you want to escape the hustle and bustle of touristy Kyoto, head to this newly opened oasis of books and coffee. Located slightly north of central Kyoto is the Donkou Kissa Fang, a serene cafe and [...]
the Kyoto Aqarium’s 2020 Penguin Relationship Flowchart Penguins, the way they waddle around and protect their eggs, are often thought of as cute, cuddly and romantic. But those who observe [...]
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, one of Japan’s most-historically and culturally significant shrines, will undergo a massive renovation beginning in May of 2023. And for three years the honden main [...]
Come for the art, stay for the coffee. Japan’s numerous museums offer a little bit of everything. Whether it’s cutting edge, contemporary art in Tokyo or a tiny museum in the countryside [...]
The moment we saw this foldable electric bike, something awakened our inner child. We couldn’t quite put our finger on it bit it was a feeling akin to seeing a brand new toy in a toy shop. It [...]
photo courtesy Sabogawa Koinobori Kawanagashi Association Around this time of year, Japan becomes decorated with scenes of fish fluttering in the sky. Known as koinobori, the carp streamers are an [...]
R.I.P Tina Turner. What a force! Proud to be her namesake. Fun fact, she became Swiss. I became American. A Tina-trade of nations.
– Yahia Lababidi, an Egyptian author I follow and [...]
“It doesn’t matter how sensitive you are or how damn smart and educated you are, if you’re not both at the same time, if your heart and your brain aren’t connected, [...]
“Developing tenderness towards yourself allows you to see both your problems and your potential accurately. You don’t feel that you have to ignore your problems or exaggerate your [...]
Before one leaves the physical world for the astral realm, it would be prudent to specify the typeface that you want to have represent you for eternity (Paul Rand made certain of that). That is the [...]
I’m taking today off to watch the flowers bloom. And so should you. There’s too much stress in our lives. The government should enact more national holidays devoted to detox.
But [...]
It is always a mystery to the outsider why some films have well-designed title sequences and others do not. Money—or the lack of it—is a common excuse. But almost all motion pictures do have [...]
The last issue of BANG! (No. 3) was published in 2019. Ring any bells? Can you think of why that year might have been its death knell?
The dreaded virus that immediately followed dashed a lot of [...]
For a designer, learning to set metal and wood type is as essential as learning to drive a car (stick or automatic). One of the most passionate teachers of the craft, Dikko Faust, co-founder with [...]
In 2018, I wrote an essay for Design Observer on the profound significance of men’s hair as a design affect. As examples I used certain famous and infamous unique hairstyles (hair [...]
First came the book Milton Glaser: POP, with over 1,000 examples of well- and little-known graphic design, illustration and type from the early ’60s to the late ’70s. Now, Milton Glaser: [...]
When I was in third grade, I sought membership in the club of classmates who had to wear eyeglasses. Rather than a handicap, I perceived the forced use of eyewear as a cool thing. So, a year later, [...]
Rodney Smith was one of late Modernism’s most imaginative and audacious fashion photographers before his passing in 2017. Since then, Leslie Smolan, his wife and the former partner of Carbone [...]
A Brush With Depth (Frontenac House) is a compilation of Canadian artist Rick Sealock’s “best illustrations, many behind-the-scenes stories, and hopefully helpful advice on [...]
