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.

Using an AI-based framework called Pixel2Style2Pixel, Nathan Shipley made some more photorealistic faces for Pixar characters.

Sascha Lobe’s team at Pentagram has designed a functional and stylish modular signage system.

In order to demonstrate the magnitude of the pandemic, James Beckwith made a time lapse map of each Covid-19 death.

The AIGA has announced the winners of its annual 50 Books / 50 Covers competition for books published in 2019.

I have written previously about cartographer Harold Fisk's wonderful meander maps of the Mississippi River produced for the Army Corps of Engineers.

One of Rembrandt van Rijn's most iconic paintings The Night Watch is currently undergoing restoration at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

In another example of how the constraints of the pandemic are fostering creativity, artist Claire Salvo is creating edible versions of artworks.

Designer Cyril Diagne has developed an augmented reality app that can copy objects from the real world and paste them into a Photoshop document.

In Singapore, tape is being used as a sort of architectural element to denote closure of public spaces.

Biologist David Goodsell has been creating scientifically accurate paintings of the structures of cells, molecules, and, yes, viruses.

Jennifer Baer of the "Coronavirus Tourism Bureau" made some travel posters designed to get you interested in staying inside.

José Manuel Ballester's Concealed Spaces project reimagines iconic works of art without the people in them.

Using live feed webcams, Noah Kalina is "travelling" around the world photographing places.

Kunel Gaur, head of a creative agency called Animal, has redesigned the packaging for several familiar brands using minimal black & white graphics.

Rex Sorgatz has been compiling a collection of lists related to the 2010s decade.