This slideshow of photographs from 1989 is offered in solidarity with the people of Burma — as they again confront one of the most brutal regimes in the world.

Back in 1956, The Times promotion department provided a viable answer in the form of its 65 Ways to Decorate with Books in Your Home, a book/zine with a reasonable $1 cover price. Steven Heller looks here for answers to repurpose of these venerable materials into useful life-enhancing goods.

My art school portfolio has sat in a box, largely untouched, in the closets and basements of the three places I've lived in the last 27 years, sort of like a slowly decaying design time capsule. A few weeks ago, I opened it up for the first time in a long time.

Dmitri Siegel discusses graphic design authorship and the impending release of Elliott Earls’ new film, The Sarany Motel.

Before long, many designers burn out by promising unrealistic turnaround on projects, working at levels that don’t accommodate a balanced life, and closing down any time for reflection on the work they’re doing and on the world around them. I believe as educators, we need to consider how we introduce students to reflective practice, how we actually slow down and pace the physical execution of work in order to design smart.

In 1961, Wallace Berman, a California-based artist, publisher of the proto-zine, Semina, gallerist, and photographer, too a picture of his landlady while he was living in Larkspur, California. We see her (the landlady!) sprawled across a bed dressed in a bra and skirt, casually holding a pistol...

In 2004, the paper targets at the Coney Island shooting gallery featured a hand-drawn Osama Bin Laden.

Want to boost up your productivity? Check out my recent article on Web Designer Wall about Photoshop Shortcuts. It will show you 30 secret Photoshop shortcuts that I’ve learned from my experience. You will be amazed to find out that your mouse scroll wheel is also a powerful shortcut input.  [...]