September/October 2021

Design Annual | 62

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Illustration

Yohey Horishita

This New York-based illustrator fills his work with ornate details and reverent colors.

Interactive

Resn

A Wellington- and Amsterdam-based digital design firm pushes the boundaries of what web design means.

Photography

AB+DM

This Atlanta-based photography duo bursts onto the scene with a polystylistic body of work.

Advertising

Grit

With a scrappy personality, this Denver-based ad and design agency traverses outside the box.

Exhibit

White Heather Blended Scotch Whisky packaging

The packaging for White Heather Blended Scotch Whisky uses ornate floral filigree to reflect the care that goes into crafting this blended malt whisky brand.

LJS Aviation print ads

EraserFarm’s print ads for LJS Aviation pay tribute to the female pioneers who helped shape aviation history.

Heinz Ketchup OOH

This delicious OOH campaign shows consumers that nothing goes better with summer BBQ food than Heinz Ketchup.

H24 identity

Yorgo&Co’s unique identity and packaging for Hermès’ new men’s fragrance showcases its modernity and minimalism.

Verizon spot

“The Reset” emphasizes how Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband will bring about a better gaming reality with fewer lag-related frustrations.

Kiwi Garden Coffee Roasters packaging

Punkt Widzenia’s colorful packaging for Kiwi Garden Coffee Roasters invites cafephiles to learn about different coffee flavors from various regions.

Creativity Explained animation

Erik Spiekermann shares his thoughts about typographic design in oddfellows’s animation for Adobe’s Creativity Explained series.

Maker’s Mark identity

Turner Duckworth’s handcrafted identity for Maker’s Mark celebrates the history of this iconic Kentucky bourbon brand.

John Lewis posters

Inspired by the deep cultural history of Scotland, these posters invite shoppers to visit the newly refurbished John Lewis department store in Edinburgh.

International Animal Rescue film

This animated short by Northforge balances realism and expressionism to convey the plight of captured bears in Armenia.

Fresh

Design

Studio Tillack Knöll

The designers at this Stuttgart-based studio use their work to create a visual dialogue with their community.

Illustration

Mariano Pascual

Playfully imbuing his subjects with irony, this Barcelona-based illustrator and designer invites viewers and brands into his world.

Photography

Elizabeth Wirija

This New York-based photographer uses surrealism to break societal boundaries in their work.

Columns

Design Issues

The Future of Design Organizations: Imperiled or Promising?

Ellen Shapiro scrutinizes whether design organizations are doing enough to stay relevant.

Typography

Kerning: it’s not always a good thing.

Richard Hunt warns overzealous designers against the dangers of kerning too much.

Design Details

The New Normal for Branding

Releasing design guidelines to the public increases brand awareness, Garrick Webster reports.

Advertising

That Time Sandy Kominsky Taught Us How Not To Be An Authentic Creative

Ernie Schenck reminds advertising creatives to remain authentic to the brand first.

Design Culture

Exposing New Work

In showing new work, Wendy Richmond discusses feedback and how it helps artists grow.

Favorites / Design

Five Designers Share Their Treasured Finds

Gail Anderson, Elaine Lopez, Gabriel Amijai Benderski Perez, Helen Rabbitte and Lashun TInes share what keeps them inspired.

Book Reviews

Extra Bold

This book examines critical issues of systematic exclusion and discrimination in the design industry while offering useful career advice.

Norman Ives

John T. Hill anthologizes the work and writings of this artist and designer alongside essays by those familiar with Ives’s ideology.

A History of Arab Graphic Design

Bahia Shehab and Haytham Nawar document an overlooked part of global visual culture in this compendium.

Communication Arts

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