Printmaker Dave Lefner Honors Classic Neon Signs from His Downtown LA Live-In...
Dave Lefner has been working from home long before it was normalized— in fact, he’s been making art from his live-in studio in Los Angeles for the past 25 years. The prolific printmaker has a dreamy...
View Article‘Art of the Title’ Curator Lola Landekic is Obsessed with Title Sequences—...
It doesn’t take much to get me talking about my love of title sequences— consider yourself warned if we ever cross paths at a dinner party. I will berate you with my adoration of the form, pulling up...
View ArticleJane Housham Creates Quaint Collections of Miniature Items That Captivate the...
In the face of the onslaught of AI mania, big tech megalomania power trips (RIP Twitter bird icon), and record-breaking heatwaves, it’s critical that we all find ways to cope and stay grounded. While...
View ArticleBoundary-Busting Multi-Hyphenate Monica Ahanonu on Her Boundless Creative...
Animator, model, title sequence designer, illustrator, fashion mogul, trendsetter— Monica Ahanonu defies category. More than rejecting boxes, the multi-hyphenate creative annihilates them. Guided by a...
View ArticleToon Joosen Uses Collage to Flex his Wit and Whimsy
Once you enter the cheeky collaged world of Toon Joosen, you’ll want to take up permanent residence. The art director and visual designer based in the Netherlands creates immersive digital collages...
View ArticleThe Funky Keyboard Designer Behind MVKB is Thinking Outside the Text Box
I have distinct memories of learning how to type on bulky grey keyboards in the library of my public elementary school in the ’90s. Keyboards seemed like these magical tools that somehow projected the...
View ArticleTracey Snelling Builds Immersive Sculptures Inspired by Berlin, Film, and...
“There’s not a line between my art and my life,” multimedia artist Tracey Snelling told me plainly via Zoom from her live-in studio in Berlin a few weeks back. She was describing a performance art...
View ArticleAnonymous Art Collective Shines a Light on Our Environmental Impact
Luzinterruptus is an anonymous art collective whose members carry out urban installations worldwide. The group originated from a shared desire to use their creativity, with individuals in disciplines...
View ArticleCutting into Alexa Edgerton’s Viral Cake Letters
I love some kitschy bullshit. Alexa Edgerton Every year, when 36 Days of Type rolls around, I’m giddy with excitement for the stellar lettering work that will inevitably flood my Instagram feed. I...
View ArticleFrom Pixels to Print— TikTok Sensation Eric Sedeño’s Zine is a “Love Letter...
I never fully understood the term “infectious smile” until I met Eric Sedeño. The TikTok star-slash-graphic designer and I recently had a lively chat via Zoom, and from the moment his ebullient face...
View ArticleKatherine Duclos Makes Fine Art Out of a Beloved Childhood Toy
There are few things on the planet as iconic as a Lego piece. Whether you grew up playing with them or not, it’s inarguable that Legos are omnipresent and have been since their Danish inception in the...
View ArticleJames and Karla Murray Preserve Old New York Storefronts Through Their...
A few months ago, I had the great joy of interviewing miniatures artist Danielle McGurran of City Folk Studio about her bite-sized recreations of iconic New York City storefronts. When I asked what...
View ArticleLoji Höskuldsson Stitches Together the Human-Made with the Natural in his...
I like thinking that us humans are a part of nature rather than invaders of nature. Loji Höskuldsson The old design adage, “the medium is the message,” is woven within each embroidered stitch of...
View ArticleMartina Ibañez-Baldor of the LA Times Helps Launch New Latinidad Platform, De...
What does it look like working at a legacy newspaper in 2023? Martina Ibañez-Baldor of the LA Times can tell us. Ibañez-Baldor has been working at the heralded publication for eight years, cutting her...
View ArticleGetting into the Spooky Spirit with Illustrator and Author Edward Carey
Mainly I just draw and draw and draw. Edward Carey We’re officially in the thick of spooky season, with Home Depot 12-foot skeletons wreaking havoc in front yards across the country and parents making...
View ArticleThe Hair Historian Uplifts Hair’s Unsung Role Throughout History
Bobs. Baby bangs. Braids. For as long as there has been hair, there have been hair trends in styles, cuts, colors, and dos reflective of broader cultural movements. Like other aspects of style and...
View ArticleAlana Jones-Mann Creates Colorful Cakes as a Form of Meditation
One of my favorite things about writing for PRINT is discovering artists working with mediums and in design worlds that I’d never considered. Nothing beats coming upon a creative who takes something...
View ArticlePrintmaker Rachel Singel Preaches Her Love of Nature Through Her Unique Practice
Featured image above from left to right: Beehive, Intaglio on Handmade Gampi, Paper, 12 x 18; Rachel Singel portrait by Rudy Salgado of River City Tintype; Chicken, Intaglio on Handmade Bittersweet...
View ArticleGraphic Design Legend Paula Scher Launches New BBC Maestro Course
There are some figures in the world of graphic design that everyone is simply in awe of. Bonafide luminary Paula Scher is indisputably one such designer, with a staggering body of work to her name...
View ArticleStan Squirewell Conjures Forgotten Spirits with Mixed Media and Shou Sugi Ban
“I see my work as reaching back through history, creating a visual conversation with the often forgotten subjects of so many old photographs. So much of what we know about history is told through a...
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