We take stock of where our visual appetite is taking us, from the rise of childlike, crayon-covered graphics to swirly script and big, lumbering paint strokes.  

Furniture design imprint Herman Miller has whipped up a new wordmark. The contemporary rebrand, led by Brooklyn-based design agency, Order, comes after the furniture pioneer’s 100th anniversary and pays tribute to its history with the Helvetica font.

Here’s a roundup of companies that launched notable brands that piqued our interest in 2023…

In 2021, we embarked on a journey to explore the emotional influence of type. We wanted to understand how fonts drive experiences, associations, and feelings, and assess the effectiveness of different typefaces in unique situations. Since then, we’ve expanded our research into eight total countries (more coming soon!) and are building a body of data and insights into the emotional power of type with an eye toward cultural differences.

The sociology of the big difference between Western minds and those of the Far East

From scribbly, hand-drawn type to the soaring popularity of puppetry, analogue techniques are back with a bang. And there’s myriad reasons why designers across disciplines are deploying the handcrafted aesthetic in their droves.  

GPT 4 generated and X curated color palettes

Google shapes everything on the web.

Thinking about getting an a11y certification? A UX researcher shares lessons from her accessibility cert journey.

Adobe’s general counsel shares more about the decision.