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Jim Parkinson, 1941–2025

Typographica

He became the go-to guy for art directors looking to refresh their publication, and he redrew some titles multiple times over the years. Jim’s hobby was depicting vintage neon signage as fine art. Later in life, when Jim wasn’t drawing logos or making fonts, he was painting signs. Not how you think. Read our editorial policy.

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Paula Scher and Jonathan Yeo launch online courses in design and painting with the BBC

Creative Boom

Described as the "master conjurer of the instantly familiar," she straddles the line between pop culture and fine art in her work. In a typical project in 2012, Scher created a new logo for Windows 8 that took it back to its roots as a window. Early in the development process, Scher asked: "Your name is Windows.

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Joelle McKenna brings the creative struggle to life in comic store installation

Creative Boom

A 2012 graduate from Boston University's College of Fine Art, she's also the creative director of Brooklyn Magazine print publication. Joelle is a creative director based in Brooklyn who heads up McKenna Studio – an interdisciplinary firm focusing on branding, creative strategy, content, editorial design, and installations.

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F5: Jiminie Ha’s Book Plans, the Furniture That Changed Her Life + More

Design Milk

” Launching in 2012, with a collective background in fine arts, curation, creative direction, design, publishing, and fashion, With Projects, Inc. . “I was playing piano and violin for decades at that point and yet… only listened to punk music – Fugazi was my soundtrack!

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Ed Fella’s Flyers Blur the Lines Between Design and Art

Eye on Design

When the exhibition was ready, I walked around it with Marek Pokorny, who was then director of the city’s fine and applied arts gallery. Pokorny had never seen Fella’s work before; his background as a critic and curator was in fine art, not design. They were visually spectacular. That day will surely come. “Ed

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“Always Moving Under the Surface”: Organic Typography by Alex Ortiga

Design You Trust

He grew up in Udine, where he graduated as a computer expert in 2012. The first approach to the art world was through music: in fact, in the same year he started his music production; he later founded a music label (S t A Y Records, 2014-2018), he is art director of the music club Cas*Aupa and Dissonanze Udine. During the S.Y.

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10 Riveting Movies about Artists

High on Design by Wix

Exploring their art and biographies is always a trusted source of inspiration. This is especially true when the exploration is conducted by acclaimed directors and actors, merging the two artforms of cinema and fine art. The Artist Is Present (2012). Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012). Frida (2002). Marina Abramovi?: