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Elissaveta M. Brandon recently wrote about the uptick in companies placing huge logos so that they can be seen in satellite imagery.

In some workplaces, people use Helvetica to conduct business because it conveys a sense of order and authority.

After Russia invaded the country, Ukraine’s post office decided to hold a contest to design a stamp.

All of the winners and shortlisted entries of the 2021 International Landscape Photographer of the Year contest look fantastic.

The winners of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest for 2021 have been announced.

It is difficult to separate 2021 from the previous year — Covid, social & political unrest, and the climate crisis bind them together in my memory.

Seatback Safety is home to a collection of dozens of seatback safety cards from airlines like Pan Am, United, Continental, and more.

Jon Foreman neatly arranges rocks into colorful sculptures. He also does similar sand, leaves, debris, and shells.

I love these colorfully chromed-out logos designed by Martin Naumann -- you can find dozens of them on his Instagram and

Oceanographic Magazine has announced the winners of their annual Ocean Photography Awards for 2021.

Drones have been around for awhile now, but I have yet to tire of the bird’s-eye images captured from above this remarkable planet of ours.

Nikon has announced the winners of the Small World Photomicrography Competition.

Adobe recently announced the winners of their 36 Days of Type contest.

The Type Directors Club has announced the winners of their two design competitions: TDC67 Communication Design and 24TDC Typeface Design.

Tomer Hanuka asked his third-year illustration students at SVA to "come up with a post-pandemic New Yorker magazine cover".

In 1773 Johann David Steingruber created a complete alphabet of mythical letter shaped buildings & their floorplans.

Many books were published this year and some of them had great covers.

The Royal Meteorological Society has announced the winners and runners-up in the 2020 Weather Photographer of the Year competition.

Last year, I shared the concept designs for Norway’s new passports by creative agency Neue.