Tedium Highlight in Graphic design: Why are we attracted to things that have perfect symmetry, that match up on either side? It might have something to do with the way our brains are wired. 

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Circles And Slashes

One of the best-known icons of modern society is a classic example of a symbol—it’s easy to spot, but hard to explain. Who came up with it?

Published Via Desktop

A list of programs from the all-too-brief golden era of desktop publishing that “didn’t make it.” The GUI’s killer app didn’t slay forever.

Painting With Light

How a little box and stylus revolutionized television graphics. You may not know but the Quantel Paintbox is, but you’ve seen its impact.

Over the Vinyl Moon

Vinyl records are in the middle of a renaissance—and a popular vinyl subscription service highlights many of the reasons why that is.

No Room for Design

Of the many things that social platforms have taken away from us, perhaps the most disappointing is the freedom to customize our spaces. We need it back.

Painting Outside The Lines

Adobe was already a big company when it first sold Photoshop, but its biggest competitor, Paint Shop Pro, was built by an airline pilot in his free time.

Let’s Break Up Adobe

Why the creative software giant Adobe deserves a place in the broader discussion of breaking up tech giants like Facebook and Google. It's not just Photoshop.

Clippy Couture

Clip art gets a bad rap as an artform, in part because it’s everywhere. Let’s give it some grudging respect by filling in some historic gaps.

An Early Touchpoint

How the graphics tablet, most notably produced by Japanese firm Wacom, helped shape our multitouch-friendly world—even if that shaping took a little while.

CMYK All The Way

How mass-production printing technology, starting with the lithograph, was pushed forward thanks to a growing interest in color.

Outside-the-Bottle Thinking

Dr. Bronner's recently redesigned their famously dense label. Here's how it came to be, and where modern bottle design stands.

I Believe In Symmetry

Why are we attracted to things that have perfect symmetry, that match up on either side? It might have something to do with the way our brains are wired.

Forget Rand Paul, Let's Talk Paul Rand

Paul Rand, the graphic designer, has a Rand Paul problem: The headline-chewing politician is hiding the famed designer's legacy on Google. Here's why.

Brand bastardizations

Sometimes, companies do things that go against our expectations of their brand. Often, the result can be awful. Check out these examples of brand weirdness.
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