Arts + Culture
Ellen McGirt|Books
“What book made you a better designer?”
Your summer reading list
Civic Life
Jessie McGuire|Commentary
America 250: design’s role in shaping national identity
From passports to “I Voted” stickers, design has long helped define the national “we” — and who stands outside it.
Design Juice
Rachel Paese|Design Juice
Nina Katz’s answer to growing anti-trans rhetoric: nine larger-than-life portraits of the people she wants you to meet
An emotional reaction to the rhetoric from the first Trump administration, she painted 9 larger-than-life portraits of trans people. Now, they’re gaining new attention.
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Ellen McGirt
Draw the Line
The Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais gutted the Voting Rights Act and rewrote the rules of American democracy. Draw the Line spends ten episodes telling the inside story of Louisiana’s fight over power, maps, and who gets left off them. As goes Louisiana, so goes the rest of the country. Who’s fighting for your vote? First episode drops … Continued
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Jessica Helfand|The Icarus Diaries
01: Facing Icarus
Design Juice
Delaney Rebernik|Books
‘Designed Forests’ author Dan Handel says design is behind our experiences in nature
Steven Heller|Interviews
Behind the History of Illustration
AI Observer
Xintian Tina Wang|Analysis