Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digital transformation, necessitating online adaptation for businesses, educational institutions, ...

A page from the 2014 reissue of the New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual showing a diagram explaining the use of arrows in wayfinding signage in subway stations (photo courtesy of ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “The world is getting faster, more complicated and more fucked up, so there are always larger ...

Visual communication design (VCD) is a discipline that bridges fine art and applied design, using visual language to communicate ideas clearly and creatively to diverse audiences. It combines ...

Spread from ‘Logos from Japan,” published by Counter-Print (all images courtesy Counter-Print) A few years ago, the UK-based design store and publisher Counter-Print released a book that surveyed ...

Pioneers of German Graphic Design is a weighty 400-page tome by Jens Müller, on how art, minimalism, and commerce spawned a new form of visual communication. The book, published by Callisto, is the ...

Mo Lebowitz’s (1932–2017) work seemed to lurk on the historical fringes of mainstream contemporary graphic design, but his keen wit and unerring eye for bold and dramatic typography ensure and ...

Dean Johnson Gallery celebrates First Friday with In An Expression of the Inexpressible, a show featuring work by contemporary international graphic designers whose work operates on the border between ...

The origins of type and typography -- From Gutenberg to Bodoni -- 1. The nineteenth century: an expanding field. The Industrial Revolution and the rise of urban mass culture : New technologies ; ...

As fantasy fades, the functional fashion runway rises. Learn how modern design trends are transforming wearable couture into ...

When you get your B.F.A. in Visual Communication Design (VCD) at UW you are gaining the tools to achieve a successful career in design. Learn our human-centered approach to crafting solutions and ...