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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Illustrators are gaining more work but still not earning enough: Ben the Illustrator releases his annual survey, on the site Graphic Design Theory 5 days, 4 hours ago
Ben the Illustrator has released his second Illustrator’s Survey, collating 1443 responses from illustrators globally. The results reflect the inner workings of the industry in detail, compare 2019’s results to […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Patrick Fry unearths our new favourite design gem: bricks!, on the site Graphic Design Theory 5 days, 8 hours ago
Patrick Fry has a design orientated fascination with bricks. Yes, bricks! Maybe this is a commonly known brick fact, but all bricks feature a makers mark stamped on top. Despite the fact that you’re probably s […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Sundance Film Festival’s creative director talks us through its recent identity led by “team humility”, on the site Graphic Design Theory 1 week ago
On asking Sundance film festival’s creative director, Luis Farfán, if he has any advice for designing an identity for a mammoth event such as the one he’s now creatively in charge of, he suggests starting eigh […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Illustrator Laylah Amarchih keeps inspired by setting herself a brief each week, on the site Graphic Design Theory 1 week, 3 days ago
The medium of illustration has always been a regular feature in London-based Laylah Amirchih’s life. From a young age, Laylah and her older brother would make comics together, and gradually, “the idea of ima […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Learning to trust journalistic and humanistic instinct with New York magazine’s Jody Quon, on the site Graphic Design Theory 1 week, 3 days ago
While on the phone with Jody Quon, the legendary photo director of New York Magazine, the first thing she teaches me is how to staple a document correctly. (It has to be horizontal, a quarter of an inch from the […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, How do you advertise a Swedish bank? With Snoop Dogg and Afghan hounds, on the site Graphic Design Theory 1 week, 5 days ago
The last time we spoke to photographer Philippe Jarrigeon he spoke us through his fascination with photographing garden mazes, but things appear to have escalated – and changed – a fair bit.
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Vimeo launches its first ever brand campaign shot by Alex Prager, on the site Graphic Design Theory 2 weeks ago
Despite it being 15 years since Vimeo first started, the platform has always put its creators first. For example, it was the first platform to enable high definition hosting so that shorts could be shared at the […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Brighton and Hove Albion has a new typeface: Filthy Seagull Display, on the site Graphic Design Theory 2 weeks ago
Filthy Media, a design agency based on the coast in Brighton, has been dedicating its Thursdays to do the work it really wants to do. Titling it Filthy Thursdays, the team, led by creative director Joe Pilbeam, […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Alex Schauwecker’s new book demonstrates how repetition can be “absurd and fun”, on the site Graphic Design Theory 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Put simply, artist Alex Schauwecker’s book No Content, published by Nieves, is the same page, repeated about 24 times. But upon flicking through the book, it’s this very repetition that’ll have you scoffing and s […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Cynthia Alfonso’s work bridges the gap between comics illustrations and animation, on the site Graphic Design Theory 2 weeks, 4 days ago
For creative Cynthia Alfonso, her work, and the process of making it, is always “in continuous movement”. What this movement might be. however, depends massively on how she’s feeling, seeing her use visual commu […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Alice Tye’s new exhibition presents the everyday details from a trip to Japan, on the site Graphic Design Theory 2 weeks, 4 days ago
London-based illustrative painter Alice Tye has a new exhibition opening today (28 February) which will take those wondering into Mother’s Redchurch Street offices straight into her vision of Japan. Collating A […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Es Devlin announced as artistic director of London Design Biennale 2020, on the site Graphic Design Theory 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Es Devlin, the multi-award winning artist, designer and personal It’s Nice That favourite, has been announced as the artistic director of the 2020 London Design Biennale.
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, William Lyall combines the contemporary graphic design landscape with historical references, on the site Graphic Design Theory 2 weeks, 6 days ago
When describing his work, London-based graphic designer William Lyall often, and aptly, uses the term “sensitive”. Within his portfolio of typographically-led, pared-back design pieces, William signifies he’ […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, “The character is already there”: Andrea Artemisio builds narrative, attitude and tone in his photographs, on the site Graphic Design Theory 3 weeks ago
No matter if you’re a well-versed gallery-going Londoner or a visitor to this city we call home, there is one mistake we bet most have made at some point: travelling to the wrong Tate. Despite differing c […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, “The character is already there”: Andrea Artemisio builds narrative, attitude and tone in his photographs, on the site Graphic Design Theory 3 weeks ago
No matter if you’re a well-versed gallery-going Londoner or a visitor to this city we call home, there is one mistake we bet most have made at some point: travelling to the wrong Tate. Despite differing c […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, How two RCA graduates formed one design mind as Regular Practice, on the site Graphic Design Theory 3 weeks ago
Back in July 2017, we spotted the graphic design portfolio of a recent Royal College of Art graduate, Tom Finn. We got in touch, wanting to write about his work, and an hour later we heard back: “As it happens, I […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, How two RCA graduates formed one design mind as Regular Practice, on the site Graphic Design Theory 3 weeks ago
Back in July 2017, we spotted the graphic design portfolio of a recent Royal College of Art graduate, Tom Finn. We got in touch, wanting to write about his work, and an hour later we heard back: “As it happens, I […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Chris Brooks has spent a decade rediscovering his family’s 100-year-old printing press, on the site Graphic Design Theory 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Over the past ten years, photographer Chris Brooks has been returning to his childhood home in Derbyshire to uncover his family’s business of generations gone by. In 1898 Chris’ great grandfather founded The Bro […]
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, In memory of Tomi Ungerer, eight illustrators share their thoughts on his endlessly inspiring legacy, on the site Graphic Design Theory 3 weeks, 4 days ago
In the past week since the heartbreaking passing of illustrator Tomi Ungerer, numerous creatives have taken to the internet to praise an artist so formative to an endless list of illustration practices.
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Lucy Bourton wrote a new post, Bobby Doherty shows how zooming in can reveal the “fun, gross, beautiful or cute”, on the site Graphic Design Theory 3 weeks, 5 days ago
For as long as we can remember, the work of Brooklyn-based photographer Bobby Doherty has made us smile. Impactful and joyful, Bobby’s work, which largely comprises of still life work of everything from w […]
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