From the Designer’s Desk Archive
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From the Designer’s Desk: Michael Bierut
Posted on December 22, 2015Today’s edition of From the Designer’s Desk features insight and humor from Michael Bierut, a partner at design firm Pentagram whose numerous, genius designs we encounter daily — whose inimitable designs make […] -
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From the Designer’s Desk Special Edition: University Press Book Design, On the type-only jacket
Posted on November 11, 2015Our Designers Talk Book Covers “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” the popular adage goes. But, as humans, we often do just that. In this edition of From […] -
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From the Designer’s Desk: Peter Blaiwas
Posted on September 9, 2015This month’s installment in our marvelous From the Designer’s Desk series comes from the inspired Peter Blaiwas, the designer at the helm of Peter Blaiwas Graphic Design. Here he discusses […] -
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From the Designer’s Desk: Henk van Assen
Posted on July 28, 2015Henk van Assen, in addition to being a marvelous, long-time collaborator as the designer of many books published and distributed by Yale University Press, is founding principal at HvADesign, senior […] -
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From the Designer’s Desk: Bruce Campbell
Posted on June 26, 2015Our June 2015 edition of From the Designer’s Desk features Bruce Campbell, an extraordinary designer of exhibition catalogues and restorer of vintage printing presses. Why did you pursue design, rather […] -
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From the Designer’s Desk: Cheryl Towler Weese
Posted on May 28, 2015The May 2015 edition of From the Designer’s Desk is a missive from Chicago – from the incomparable Cheryl Towler Weese of Studio Blue. Why did you pursue design, rather than, say, […] -
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From the Designer’s Desk: Roy Brooks
Posted on March 27, 2015Our March 2015 edition of From the Designer’s Desk is a delightful tour through successive iterations of design for a new book entitled Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit, […] -
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From the Designer’s Desk: Frank Baseman
Posted on February 20, 2015Our February 2015 edition of From the Designer’s Desk is a lively dispatch from from Frank Baseman, principal at Baseman Design Associates. 1.) Why did you pursue Design, rather than, say, […] -
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From the Designer’s Desk: Margaret Bauer
Posted on January 22, 2015We’re kicking off our second year of monthly From the Designer’s Desk posts with some observation and inspiration from Margaret Bauer, formerly design manager in the Publishing Office at the National […]