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Pentagram Makes A Splash with a Fresh Rebrand for the Monterey Bay Aquarium

The popular Southern California destination has a newly elevated brand system in honor of its 40th anniversary.

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The Curious Case of Cursive

Chloe Gordon looks at the evolution of cursive in society and design.

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The Monotype 2024 Type Trends Report

The coveted type trends report for 2024 is hot off the presses.

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Findings From the Monotype & Neurons Typography Report

Monotype and Neurons, an applied neuroscience company, have released the first results of an ongoing study.

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2023 Was The Year of the Rebrand

Legacy institutions, huge consumer products brands, even a branch of the U.S. military launched bold statements of evolution.

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Pentagram’s Brand Refresh of Reddit as the “Heart of the Internet”

Amelia Nash interviews Pentagram’s Natasha Jen on the Reddit brand refresh.

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Braille vs. Boston Line Type: How Design Can Truly Be Inclusive

Carl Rylatt, design director at United Us, on the need for a continuous conversation between design and the end users’ needs.

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Celebrate Kindness Through The Medium of Typography

Fight for Kindness, a global, nonprofit typographic project and exhibition, highlights kindness through the eyes of illustrators and visual artists.

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Are We Losing Color? All Logos Are Starting To Look The Same.

Recently, I’ve noticed a new stylistic trend that’s been overwhelming the app icons populating my phone background. And it’s colorless.

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‘Flagship’ Reimagines Iconic Brands

In this project, SVA Branding student Alex Gilkey turns the communication systems for well-known brands into eye-catching symmetrical patterns.

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Highlights from 36 Days of Type 2023

Treintayseis’ annual type design challenge is in full swing, so we rounded up some of our favorite submissions so far.

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Knit Grotesk is a Font You Can Thread Right Into Your Sweater

Rüdiger Schlömer’s versatile, ready-to-wear font pushes the limits of what’s possible in the type world.

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Why Are People Mad About the New Nokia Logo— and Is It Warranted?

While the redesign has given the internet yet another thing to hate, COLLINS’ L.A. Corrall offers a different, more flattering perspective.

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How Jessica Hische Brings New Life to an Old Logo

The lettering artist tells us all about her process, what brands are looking for, and the differences between rebrands and refreshes.

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The Daily Heller: Spinal Tap

For over 50 years, Ootje Oxenaar took pleasure in redrawing the spines of books on his shelves.

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The Assistant, Jayme Odgers, Works for Paul Rand

Jayme Odgers brings readers into the mind of Paul Rand like never before.

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Behold, the Book Blob

Why are blobby, colorful book covers everywhere? Blame the logic of algorithms.

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The Daily Heller: Keep Politics Out of Design?

Let’s keep it civil, but let’s acknowledge design is in politics and politics is in design.

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Redesigning Blatantly Racist Brands is Not Enough

The first person to serve as the model for the Aunt Jemima brand was Nancy Green, a woman born into slavery.