Category: Illustration

  • For love of pixels

    For love of pixels

    Stroll with us down memory lane as we celebrate the pearl anniversary of pixel art creation’s primary progenitor, and some of the many artists and design languages it inspired.

  • Looking Back, Looking Ahead: artist Dan Licht

    Looking Back, Looking Ahead: artist Dan Licht

    In 1999, I had the good fortune to work alongside Dan Licht at an NYC digital startup called SenseNet, RIP. Back then, although still in his early 20s, Dan was already an accomplished art director and digital…

  • My Night With Essl

    My Night With Essl

    Herewith, a scene from last night’s interview with legendary web & book designer (and Dean of The Cooper Union School of Art) Mike Essl, who shared his portfolio, career highlights, early web design history, and…

  • The Year in Design

    The Year in Design

    Mobile is today’s first screen. So design responsively, focusing on content and structure first. Websites and apps alike should remove distractions and let people interact as directly as possible with content. 90 percent of design…

  • From NYPL to DC Comics: the lettering of Ira Schnapp

    From NYPL to DC Comics: the lettering of Ira Schnapp

    HE DESIGNED the lettering on The New York Public Library and the James Farley Post Office (“neither snow nor rain…”), created titles for silent movies, movie posters, and pulp magazines in the 1920s, and started…

  • Xiaoxi (Nancy) Zhang, illustrator

    Xiaoxi (Nancy) Zhang, illustrator

    Xiaoxi (Nancy) Zhan