Articles on: art & design

Bodoni is Bodoni is Bodoni – right? Not necessarily.

Brands and advertisers are forever trying to capture new and different demographics. Younger, more diverse, more male (or sometimes more female, depending on the product), more "urban" (or any other number of polite euphemisms that refer to the race or ethnicity they're trying to woo) -- whatever ways you divide up your personality, someone is trying to get you to buy something you wouldn't normally, according to their data, buy.

Bookmarks to mark a milestone! The Poster Project is over—but new things coming soon.

1. Building Infographics in Illustrator — Jason Hoppe Everyone should know how to tell visual stories.

[caption id="attachment_10774" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Pantone[/caption] Scientifically, we know that color matters to people -- it impacts the way we feel, what we buy, and even how much we eat -- but rarely is it more clear, socially-speaking, than when Pantone announces their Color of the Year. This year, it's a wine-inspired burgundy-brownish shade called Marsala, which Panton calls a "tasteful hue.