Nibs, barrels, grips, and feeds. Today is National Fountain Pen Day. Here’s a write-on memory.
My broad-nib Montblanc Meisterstück 149 died a few years ago. On a cross-country trip, it was frozen in my luggage …
Design
The non-linear, video chapters of an iconic business are beautifully illustrated in L’Odyssée de Cartier.
Cartier. The Maison. By taking over his master’s workshop, Louis-François Cartier founded Cartier in 1847. Since then, the iconic brand …
Looking for photos that are copyright free—available to use and reuse? Don’t overlook loc.gov.
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a treasure trove of images. And many are available for you to download in …
Cuban-born American artist Carmen Herrera, “I never met a straight line I did not like.”
At age 104. Carmen Herrera says, “I waited for my bus for 94 years.” She’s referring to the saying, “if …
At NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 9 through September 8 — CAMP: Notes on Fashion.
What do John Waters’ movies, Cher’s stage shows, and Dame Edna Everage’s comedy all have in common? Camp. Camp, as …
An early ’70s working trip to Florida introduced me to an engineering marvel—The Polaroid SX-70.
I’d been a 35mm film photographer—one who knew his way around darkrooms—for quite a few years before my first SX-70 …
From our front door to yours: Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve and do epic things in 2019. Cheers
Jacob made our New Year’s wreath this year and it’s all silver, smart, and stunning. I love the sparkly top …
Another legacy department store is closing. Gump’s San Francisco has been a destination for generations.
Their names are the stuff of legend. Every large city in every state had one or two, some cities hosted …
Bells ringing. All different, one for each passenger and crew member that died on United Flight 93.
It’s been almost 17 years since passengers on a hijacked flight from New Jersey to California fought back on September …
Artificial Intelligence reads your stories. Getty Images introduces an AI tool to aid writers and editors.
Getty Images has released an artificial intelligence (AI) tool for publishers that recommends the best choice of images to accompany …
Pressured by Republicans, University of Kansas censors art. Then vacillates, sort of.
A conceptual piece of flag art was flying full staff in front of Spooner Hall at the University of Kansas …
The Caros font family is on sale at MyFonts.com. The uppercase Q is a joy; the K is quirky.
Caros is a delightful san serif, but for me, the K is a deal breaker. If it works for you …
Artists: Learn to better protect your work. Join a no-fee clinic from the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.
If you’re involved in creating artistic works of any kind, here’s an invitation from GBCA to make note of. To attend, …
Attention Designer Types: MyFonts.com has deeply discounted the Artegra Sans family.
It’s a simple truth: I love fonts. A font can do a lot of heavy lifting. The right font, in …
A Wienermobile, Old Number 7, is headed to a museum as an interactive exhibit for kids. I’m glad.
The days of taking the 1952 Oscar Mayer Wienermobile—known as Old Number 7— for a ride are over. The sculpture …
The designer of the single most identifiable sign of the cold war—and my childhood—has died.
In the 1960s, they seemed to be everywhere. Churches, department stores, apartment buildings, schools, firehouses, libraries, and telephone switching facilities …
NYC’s Grand Central Terminal has a new website. First question? “How many approvals did *that* take?”
They also introduced a new logo. But first, the news by way of an email that I received this afternoon: …
My fascination with type began with the publication U&lc. There may be a new kid on the block.
In the early 70s, I was in the waiting room of Modernage, one of the hundreds of photo duplication houses in …
A Marian Ruth Agree sculpture comes to live with us. The subject is dark and the piece, powerful.
Marian Ruth Agree was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1922. The daughter of William and Dora Bailies and wife of Philip …
Discover a structure: Architecture and Design Month in New York City, October 2017
Archtober (ärk’tôbər), New York City’s annual Architecture and Design Month, is now in its seventh year! For 2017, the festival …
