It's not every day that your entrance is accompanied by a fancy, printed announcement. Between the power of home computing; a proliferation of crafting books, websites and TV shows; and a desir...
Muni's iconic "worm" logo was designed by Walter Landor in the 1970s and is still with us today. It's a love-it-or-hate-it kind of logo, but it will never be mistaken for the municipal railway...
Roy Lichtenstein's "Go for Baroque," 1979, in The Jeffrey H. Loria Collection, New York. Ben-Day pattern Named after its creator, Benjamin Day, the Ben-Day Dot pattern was a way to apply shading...
An Esquire-styled display window at New York menswear store Paul Stuart.Every fall, as surely as the leaves turn, classic menswear looks return. Suits and coats in heavy wools in classic weaves and pa...
[caption id="attachment_22160" align="aligncenter" width="594" caption="It's important to keep track of these things. (Image via Joe Stone.)"][/caption] I'm what you might like to call a "visual learn...
This is the month of Oktoberfest so it seems only fitting that we honor the humble beer label. There's a lot of history in beer label designs. Some conventions, like a ribbon to show award-winning qua...
Entertainment Weekly had a great slideshow on fall TV show posters (from which I found most of these images). I clicked through to see if there was anything inspired going on. The purpose of these pr...
Ivory soap just announced a packaging rebrand. Will it be one of the good ones? I find it fascinating when a company with a familiar brand logo and personality decides to scrap it and reinvent it...
[caption id="attachment_21834" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Ah, Pee-Chee, my old friend, how thoroughly defiled you were every year."][/caption] I'll admit it. I have a problem. I'm a scho...