article thumbnail

How Cranbrook’s Design Program Redefined How We Make and Talk About Graphic Design

Eye on Design

Like other architects of the era, he took an expansive view of what the architect could do, not simply interested in buildings but in the design of everything from products to city plans to graphics. . Graphic design’s history in the academy is hard to trace, but it was clearly there at the outset.

article thumbnail

50 Best Design Blogs You Have To Read (2023 Update)

Shillington

Its associated blog features a range of critical, informed writing about design and visual culture. I Love Typography I Love Typography covers everything from typography and type history to making fonts, and everything in between, including printmaking to book history and occasionally calligraphy.

article thumbnail

The 50 Best Graphic Design Quotes Ever

Design Wizard

The power of color in design cannot be understated, and Pierre Bonnard emphasises that in this quote. Bonnard was an extremely talented painter, illustrator and printmaker who backed up his claims in his work. Color is not just there to make a design look good, but to reinforce its message. .” - Pierre Bonnard.