Any graphic designers watching The Celebrity Apprentice have no doubt cringed during nearly every episode when it comes time to bring in the graphic designer. While it’s fantastic to see graphic design showcased on the national stage as a strategic business tool, the show can also be used as a perfect example of how NOT [...]

One of my favorite internet zeitgeist websites, BuzzFeed, just put up a short quiz that, in the end tells you what font you are. Indecently, I’m Helvetica. What Font Are You?

Check out these design-geek T-shirts that pay homage to the styles of the graphic designer they feature. Includes designers such as Paul Rand, Wolfgang Weingart, Jan Tschichold, Josef Muller-Brockmann, Armin Hofmann, and Milton Glaser among others. Link

Awhile back I posted a humorous video about the fictional Gavin Berliner, movie poster designer. Well, now I’m here to tell you about the real face behind some of the greatest movie posters of all time Drew Struzan. If you grew up in the 80s, like me, chances are Drew Struzan made the poster to [...]

Wolfgang Weingart, the legendary graphic designer, was born in Germany in 1941. He started his career via a 3 year apprenticeship with a hand typesetter from 1958 in Stuttgart. After which he moved to Basel, Switzerland and enrolled in the Basel School of Applied Arts (Kunstgewerbeschule). There he studied under Emil Ruder and Armin Hoffman. [...]