John McWade, a true pioneer in desktop publishing and a gifted design educator, passed away on October 8, 2024, from complications following heart surgery. Here’s a small slice of his remarkable journey. In the early 1970s, “art school” could be disappointing for those of us more interested in graphic design than pure artistic expression. So […]
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Why use black and white when you can use color?
We’ve debated the ethics of the colorizing of black and white photographs recently—so I was interested when my friend Martin Bounds pointed to the fact that the New York Times chose to use a black and white photograph on its November 22nd cover commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. Both color and black […]
It’s the most talked about two circle logo in world history
The latest revision of the Mastercard logo has taken the graphic design world by storm. Everyone has an opinion, but this time, it seems just about everyone likes this logo makeover. Michael Bierut and his Pentagram team had the rare opportunity to simplify simple and took it. They stripped the existing logo down to the […]