When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Paul Rand Mid-century modern design has been an enduring trend since its conception and ...

The story behind an atlas and landmark work of graphic design is the focus of a new book about designer Herbert Bayer’s contributions to information design and visual education. Herbert Bayer's World ...

Italian design legend Massimo Vignelli, best known for designing an iconic-yet-controversial version of the New York City subway map in the 1970s, died in his New York City home Tuesday morning at age ...

The 20th century was more than just a period of conflict and rapid technological advancement. It was also the time when design started to speak for itself through things like chair curves, jacket cuts ...

Read all about them because the “Who’s Who” of iconic 20th century graphic designers is now available online. Graphic Design Archive is a dynamic new Web site featuring 30 individual designer archives ...

The recently published Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires, and Riots: California and Graphic Design, 1936-1986, edited and designed by Louise Sandhaus, is a spirited, subjective, willfully undefinitive ...

Known for its intelligence-gathering operations during World War II, the O.S.S. also helped shape the look of modern life. By Nikil Saval THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES was the first centralized ...

Many people know the names of influential architects, artists, and fashion designers; far fewer know the names of graphic designers. It’s strange to me, since graphic designers create so much of our ...