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99% Invisible
Stories about the unnoticed design and architecture that shape the world around us.
A Kitchen for the Modern Woman
Norway's National Museum tells the story of the Frankfurt kitchen, the compact 1926 'laboratory of housework' by Margare…
A Love Letter to Cassette Futurism
An essay on cassette futurism, the chunky, tactile retro-tech look of 1980s sci-fi screens and hardware, and why it feel…
Arabic Design Archive
A non-profit archive of Arab visual culture where you can browse posters, book covers, logos and lettering by Arab desig…
CARI
The Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute, a research project that documents the history of design aesthetics in consum…
Chromeography
A tribute to the chrome logos, lettering, and badges on vintage automobiles and electric appliances, those unsung metal…
Design Is Fine
A blog exploring history through objects, architecture, graphic design, advertising and the arts, written like a persona…
Design Manifestos
An archive of famous design and art manifestos in full text, from Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto to Bauhaus and modernis…
Doyald Young
A memorial site for the late lettering master Doyald Young, with his essays on craft, his mentors and reading list, and…
Eye on Design
AIGA's publication about graphic design culture, telling stories of the world's most exciting designers and the industry…
Fran Sans
An essay on Fran Sans, the utilitarian typeface on San Francisco Muni's Breda train signage, designed by an engineer and…
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation explores the architect's life, buildings and ideas, with Taliesin West, archives and c…
History of Infographics
RJ Andrews traces the great data visualizers from Playfair to Nightingale in a poster and essay drawn in their own style…
I Love Typography
A blog about fonts, typography, and graphic design, with articles on design history and books plus interviews with world…
IKEA Catalog Covers 1951-2018
Every IKEA catalog cover from 1951 to 2018 in one long scroll, a time-lapse of changing tastes in furniture, color, phot…
Isotype Explorer
Browse a historical collection of Isotype pictogram charts, the little repeated-icon graphics invented in 1920s Vienna,…
Jonathan Hoefler
The site of typeface designer Jonathan Hoefler, creator of Gotham and Hoefler Text, with his typefaces, essays on type a…
Milton Glaser
The site of designer Milton Glaser, creator of I Love NY, offering his biography in short, medium and interminable lengt…
Mobile Phone Museum
A not-for-profit museum safeguarding the history and design diversity of mobile phones, with a large online collection o…
Modern Illustration
An archive of mid-century illustration from about 1950 to 1975, drawn from illustrator Zara Picken's collection of print…
Neubrutalism
A reference guide to neubrutalist web design covering its history, visual anatomy, code patterns, UX best practices and…
Nokia Design Archive
A research archive from Aalto University exploring unseen Nokia design concepts and the opportunities of design-driven c…
People's Graphic Design Archive
A crowd-sourced virtual archive of graphic design history built by everyone, collecting posters, zines, signage and ephe…
PRINT Magazine
A design publication running since 1940, covering graphic design history, branding, typography, and visual culture with…
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