September/October 2020

Design Annual | 61

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Photography

Maren Caruso

Running her studio like a test kitchen, a San Francisco photographer experiments with off-kilter food compositions.

Interactive

CLEVER°FRANKE

Both analytical and artistic, a design studio in the Netherlands finds the beauty in opaque data.

Illustration

Raul Urias

This illustrator in Mexico City packs myriad inspirations across art and culture into his modern, kaleidoscopic work.

Advertising

SUPERIMPOSE

Bold in not just aesthetic, this London agency wants nothing less than to future-proof the advertising industry.

Exhibit

Separated-Separados

This bilingual catalog captures a series of personal and staggeringly honest visual responses to the Family Separation situation at the U.S. border.

USPS “Ruth Asawa” stamps

Kessler Design Group’s stamps for the USPS use subtle colors and dramatic lighting to showcase pioneering artist Ruth Asawa’s intricate wire sculptures.

ESPN spot

“There’s No Place Like Sports” reminds fans of the important role that sports play in our lives.

Honda Moto France social media campaign

DDB Paris’s campaign for Honda Moto France hopes to comfort motorcycle riders and spread positivity during these difficult times.

TEDI-London identity

Diverse, yet distinctive, the new identity for TEDI-London revolutionizes what it means to be an engineer.

Specialized campaign

Quippy yet poignant, the campaign for this electric bike company cheekily encourages both riders and non-riders to get back on their bikes.

Gooders video

“Extraordinary” tells the story of Polish social worker Irena Sendler who rescued 2,500 children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.

SK-II installation

To promote SK-II’s new pop-up smart stores, Rare Volume created installations that exclusively used visitors’ faces as the point of interaction.

Prisma Telcollection campaign

Combining formal and funky fashion trends together, Prisma’s new Telcollection line helps bring Finnish WFH culture to life.

Mental Health Coalition identity

Simple yet colorful, the identity for the Mental Health Coalition aims to help destigmatize mental health conditions.

Fresh

Photography

Philotheus Nisch

The strange relationships between the natural and extraordinary catch the eye of this Leipzig, Germany–based photographer.

Illustration

Dalbert Vilarino

Drawn to visual complexity, this Toronto-based illustrator’s work reaches out to the isolated to connect with radiant emotions.

Design

Margot Lévêque

Inspired by classical design work, this Paris-based designer cultivates a timeless aesthetic in her branding and typography.

Columns

Advertising

If Viruses Can Mutate, So Can You.

Ernie Schenck shares his checklist for surviving the ad industry’s “big pandemic reset.”

Design Issues

The Decolonizers

Jen Wang speaks to some of the practitioners and educators who are decolonizing design.

Voices

Think Like A Kid

Dave Kuhl assembles simple exercises to keep the creative mind as fit as a three-year-old’s.

Creativity

Design with Data

Data designers offer timely insights into challenging stories, as Sam McMillan reports.

Design Culture

When I Draw

Wendy Richmond finds unexpected solace in a humble creative routine.

Favorites / Design

Five Designers Share Their Treasured Finds

Hagar Erez, Katy Fischer, Alex Lin, Olivier Siegenthaler and Eileen Tjan share what keeps them inspired.

Book Reviews

Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die

Andrew Krivine’s book provides not only a visual dive into the world of punk graphics but also critical essays on what makes design punk.

The Infographic

Murray Dick examines the history of infographics that existed before our contemporary understanding of them today.

The Poster

Gill Saunders and Margaret Timmers present a collection of posters throughout history alongside the various reasons for which they were created.

Communication Arts

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