Learn about the history of book arts and graphic design from papermaking and folding to typography, illustrations and bookbinding. The collections highlighted below are a small part of our book arts ...

A cigarette oozing fat. The clinical white glow of a pillbox. The distant green of a pharmacy sign. We might overlook it, but graphic design plays a major part in our perceptions of health and ...

Ken Hiebert (1930–2024) studied at the Basel School of Design under Armin Hofmann, Emil Ruder, and Kurt Hauert, from 1959–1964. In 1966 he was founding chair of the Graphic Design Department at ...

Richard Poulin is a designer, educator, author, and artist currently living in Palm Springs, California. Poulin graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where he received a Bachelor of ...

Twenty-some years ago, we found ourselves in awe of how computers and the internet changed so many aspects of life. Just when we thought technology had reached its peak, we were also blithely aware ...

Princeton University Library’s Special Collections hosts eccentricities from Abraham Lincoln’s death mask to a Victorian viewing device called a “peep egg” to Puerto-Rican government posters. Graphic ...

Our daily lives involve constant communication with the city. As we move through different spaces, we ask ourselves questions like "Where am I now?", "Where am I ...

Michael Ellsworth wants to make the often-opaque world of graphic design accessible and collaborative. The co-founder and creative director of Seattle-born studio Civilization, Ellsworth has spent his ...