Articles by Steph

Vintage

A graphic designer takes her letter love into 3D with typographic sculptures

Alabama-based artist June Corley worked as an advertising art director and graphic designer for many years doing what she called “playing with type”. Continuing her affinity for letter forms and bringing her play-space...

By Steph · 6 days ago

Photography

13 adorable winners from the Kennel Club Dog Photographer of the Year

The Kennel Club Dog Photographer of the Year competition has resulted in a wonderful set of images that capture the playful and loving spirit of dogs. The competition’s categories include such treasures as “Man’s Best Friend”,...

By Steph · Sep. 19, 2020

Typography

“Math is beautiful” says a type designer about his numbers project

“I began thinking about how numbers play an incredibly significant role in our world,” said San Francisco based illustrator Seth Mach. “Although language and letterforms are crucial to graphic design, numbers might actually...

By Steph · Sep. 19, 2020

Fashion

Wear your DNA as a patterned scarf

The company Dot One is unleashing our DNA, the code that makes us human, into designs that are as individual as their owners. Beginning with a simple cheek swab, the company uses the sequencing of your DNA to make patterned scarves...

By Steph · Sep. 17, 2020

Photography

The shocking results of Photoshopping men out of politics

Although we may have been aware of the limited presence of women in politics, the results were shocking when men were photoshopped out of photographs. The British edition of Elle magazine created the images below, compiling them...

By Steph · Sep. 16, 2020

Design

Poster series presents data using bold colors

When designer Dorota Pankowska was commissioned by Youthful Cities to create an informative poster series, she was challenged to find a way to make the facts and figures more eye-catching. Her solution: bold colors. Looking at...

By Steph · Sep. 15, 2020

Inspiration

Temporary shelter design that collects rainwater, stores solar energy

Currently in its prototype phase, Abeer Seikaly has designed a temporary shelter solution that collects rainwater, stores solar energy, and can be easily transported. Calling her design concept Weaving a home, it uses structural...

By Steph · Sep. 10, 2020

Digital

From pencil to pen to digital, the thread of continuity in one artist’s drawings

Grids, spirals, boxes, and arcs are some of the underlying architecture components of Rochester, NY artist Andy Gilmore’s colorful and nature-inspired works. Although the line-work seems as though it would be uninteresting...

By Steph · Sep. 09, 2020

Architecture

Baroque architecture as a backpack

Clothing designer Konstantin Kofta has created yet another set of innovating backpack designs. Our previous feature on the “Hug” collection described the series’ skin-like surfaces and anatomical accuracy. The label’s...

By Steph · Sep. 08, 2020

Illustration

Building collections through illustration

Illustrator Jason Polan likes to collect things. By creating montage drawings, he captures and preserves many of the the strange and interesting objects that he sees while living in New York City. The drawings include collections...

By Steph · Sep. 04, 2020

Sculpture

8 stunning and subtle ceramic sculptures to make you feel relaxed

Based near Ireland’s eastern shores in County Louth, ceramic sculptor Frances Lambe makes work that is quiet, subtle, and absolutely stunning. The forms are simple and refined, and the surfaces are patterned with delicate...

By Steph · Sep. 03, 2020

Funny

Hazmat surfing in polluted oceans

Washington-based photographer Michael Dyrland was inspired by an unlikely and unpleasant event. Hoping to catch some surf off the coast of Los Angeles during a trip, the photographer instead encountered an ocean that was contaminated...

By Steph · Aug. 31, 2020

Web design

When music meets technology – the geography of Tom Waits’ lyrics

The mention of a specific place in a song lyric can connect its listeners to the culture, landscape, and atmosphere of that place. In an absurd exploration of the places that Tom Waits has mentioned in his song lyrics, Swedish web...

By Steph · Aug. 28, 2020

Creativity

Compare your habits with the surprising routines of famous thinkers

Some creative people are committed to early mornings as the ideal time to devote to their passions and develop new work. Author Kurt Vonnegut was one of those early birds. On the other hand, there are those who do their best work in...

By Steph · Aug. 27, 2020

Graphic Design

An alphabet book for travelers

The project combines the shape of a letter, a city whose name begins with that letter, and an iconic landmark from that city. For example, the letter “V” is illustrated with Venice’s twinkling lights and one of its iconic gondola...

By Steph · Aug. 27, 2020