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Love logos? Drool over graphic design? These articles are for you, covering everything from creative layouts (both web and print) to double-meaning logo designs and artistic illustrations.

Coral Cities: 30-Minute Urban Commutes Rendered as Blooming Animations

Cities like London, Amsterdam and Rome bloom like vivid living organisms in a series of creative road network visualizations, each one as unique as a snowflake. The individual shapes of cities ...

Donald Dupe : 7 More Businesses Trading On The Trump Name

The Trump name may be famous but it isn't always connected to the business dynasty founded by Fred Trump, as these 7 Trump-named businesses illustrate. If you thought the Trump dynasty was ...

Abstract Geography: Huge Historical Map Spans Dutch Train Station Ceiling

Amidst the modern architecture and undulating spaces of this station in Delft, one design detail stands out above the rest: a huge abstracted version of a map from the late 1800s that connects ...

Architectural Fashion: Hybrid Outfits Combine Bauhaus with Arts & Crafts

A new collection of shirts, jackets, dresses and more from fashion designer Mary Katrantzou recalls two very different design movements, one focusing on the hand-made (Arts & Crafts) and one ...

Declassified NSA Designs: Surreal Vintage National Security Agency Posters

Stereotypically secretive and serious, these posters from the 1950s and 60s show another side of the NSA, full of strange art and bizarre messaging spanning from internal security to the drug ...

Prairie Style Subway Maps: Chicago Rail Routes Rendered ala Frank Lloyd Wright

America's most famous architect trained his way to greatness in Chicago, and made his mark across the Midwest (and the world), expressing a special love for this city along the way. Inspired by ...

Musical Fonts: Handwriting of Cobain, Lennon & Bowie Turned into Free Typefaces

Resurrecting the signature writing styles of famous musicians and songwriters, this series of downloadable typefaces puts the unique scrawls of performers passed in the palm of your hand(-held ...

Ribbon Maps: Pocket-Sized Mississippi Riverboat Scrolls Unroll to 11 Feet

Designed for 19th-century travelers trekking up and down the mighty Mississippi on riverboats, these scrolled parchments unspooled to reveal major cities and points of interest worthy of note ...

Deciphering Logos: Graphic Designer Swaps Brand Names for Fonts Used

Pop quiz: can you identify these iconic companies by their typefaces alone? Italian graphic designer Emanuele Abrate decided to run an experiment of sorts and trade names for fonts. In his ...

D.C. Metro Rolls Out Color-Coded Escalator Rails to Guide Passengers

The Washington Metro Transit Authority has quietly rolled out a simple but ingenious wayfinding solution: colored escalator railings to guide passengers to their trains. Graphic designer Jen ...

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