Rebrand the PoliceOctober 16, 2020Much of the recent furor to defund the police has come because police departments, in many [...]
The Limits of UI for UXFebruary 17, 2020One of the advantages of being a professional designer for many years is that I’ve seen a lot [...]
Nostalgia Politics and the Fear of the NewFebruary 7, 2020A recent draft executive order by the Trump administration called “Making Federal [...]
Is Your Font Conservative or Liberal?January 31, 2020Is that font you’re about to use conservative? Is it liberal? What does it tell others [...]
What Modern Society Could Learn from CharlemagneOctober 29, 2019Today, we are faced with a curious phenomenon with regard to media. We have more sources today [...]
Creativity LostOctober 19, 2019Where did all the typographers go? Not graphic designers with typographic skills, but people [...]
The Importance of Visual StorytellingAugust 20, 2019I’ve been reading a lot of articles lately extolling the virtues of storytelling in [...]
Contextual Typography: The (Sorta) Fake History of Real NewsFebruary 7, 2019The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune, aside from being [...]
Chief Wahoo, the Cleveland Indians, and the Religious Nature of BrandsJanuary 29, 2019The Cleveland Indians announced that they were retiring their mascot, Chief Wahoo, after the [...]
THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORYJanuary 29, 2019The map–territory relation describes the relationship between an object and a representation of [...]
Judging a Book by its Cover: The 2019 U.S. BudgetApril 14, 2018The fiscal year 2019 budget proposal was recently released by the Trump administration and I [...]
SOTU and the Paradox of Craft in the Digital AgeFebruary 1, 2018This week, the president of the United States invited visitors to his State of the Uniom [...]
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS DESIGN POSTERS REVIVEDDecember 29, 2017Between 1990 and 1992, a series of posters was created to announce lectures by famous designers [...]
How to Make a Computer VirusAugust 11, 2014 A beautiful infographic dissecting the nature and ramifications of Stuxnet, the first weapon [...]
Advice for Young Designers from Wim CrouwelJuly 25, 2014‘I’m very jealous of young designers starting out now—on the one hand,’ [...]
IBM Centennial FilmJuly 10, 2013A fantastic video about the first 100 years of IBM. This really gave me a new appreciation for [...]
How to Make a PencilJune 12, 2011I always wanted to visit a pencil factory and watch the process unfold. But until that happens, [...]
One Day For DesignApril 15, 2011On April 13, 2011, AIGA brought designers and design enthusiasts together for One Day for [...]
The History of the Book Flickr SetMarch 8, 2011I’ve recently been spending way too much time over on the History of the Book Flickr set, [...]
Pink Pony Case StudyJanuary 13, 2011What if an advertising company had to throw a birthday party for an 8 year old girl? John St. [...]
NYC TimelapseJanuary 12, 2011Very cool time-lapse short in New York City by Josh Owens with the soundtrack “down to [...]
Flickermood 2.0January 11, 2011We love type. We love music. Put the two together and the results can be awesome. Check out the [...]
New Weather WebAppDecember 23, 2010We here at Disfluency.com love a good Web app and we love the simplicity of this weather app at [...]
Core 77 Cardboard Christmas ChallengeDecember 23, 2010Some fun winnters of Core77.com’s cardboard Christmas competition. Submitters were asked [...]
Paper ArtistDecember 23, 2010Woah, these are seriously awesome. Jeff Nishinaka is a Los Angeles native paper sculptor who [...]
Mediocrity CampaignDecember 16, 2010Subaru has a cool advertising campaign called Mediocrity. They’ve created a fake car called the [...]
A Very Studley Chest IndeedDecember 16, 2010I don’t know what posessed Henry O. Studley to build this case to hold 300 mostly [...]
Interactive Census MapDecember 15, 2010Everyone knows that the census takes in an extraordinary amount of information about the U.S. [...]
Views of 2011 from 1931December 15, 20101931 was a long time ago, and few who live today can claim to remember it all too well. Just [...]
Magic Carp-PetDecember 9, 2010Australia-based designer John Leung has collaborated with Melbourne’s Clarke Hopkins [...]
The Colosseum as TypeDecember 5, 2010What began as a 10-year wedding anniversary to Rome concluded a year later as an artistic [...]
MEKA: Putting the Fab in Pre-FabNovember 22, 2010The folks over at MEKA Modular Luxury Housing have developed four pre-fab luxury habitats [...]
Web Designers vs. Web DevelopersNovember 20, 2010Are you a web designer? A developer? Or a client that’s trying to figure out who’s [...]
Linotype: The MovieNovember 19, 2010With the success of Helvetica: The Movie, and the forthcoming Herbert Matter movie, it would [...]
20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the WebNovember 18, 2010The folks over at Google have written an online guide for everyday users who are curious about [...]
For The Geek TypographerNovember 17, 2010We love typography. We love Star Wars. So what’s not to love about these series of Star [...]
So Much TypographyNovember 17, 2010Typographer and type designer Seb Lester has created three striking screen prints using his [...]
Facebook Messaging: One Inbox to Rule them allNovember 15, 2010The blogosphere is buzzing about Facebook’s proposed messaging system. But is it DOA or [...]
Fast Food Ads vs. RealityNovember 13, 2010I always love the way the food in the fast food ads looks—juicy, beefy, big and delicious. And [...]
Finally, a Visual Search Engine for eBayNovember 12, 2010There is nothing wrong with eBay’s search engine and in many ways, it approaches [...]