MINOR AT HEART
Behind the hip hop flyers of the 1970s: Art Deco, comics, and more
JSTOR Daily looks at how Art Deco influenced the young graffiti artists and graphic designers of New York and their flyers for pivotal proto-hip hop parties in ‘70s-era Bronx.
Otis in type
Two Fonts in Use posts explore cover design and fonts utilized for a series of Otis Redding singles
Seymour Chwast's graphic war on war
Artist and graphic design legend Seymour Chwast chronicles 5,000 years of the world's wars in a new illustrated book called At War With War.
I just count the wings
Prolific illustrator Charley Harper brought great flair to commercial art in America's postwar years.
Olivier Kugler and the "power of the drawn image"
Artist Olivier Kugler is "the contemporary face of reportage illustration."
Tim Lane's The Lonesome Go
Tim Lane’s subjects aren’t shackled to homes or jobs, and they aren’t weighed down by backstories or peripheral details
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Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Get in touch.