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The Black Experience in Graphic Design: 1968 and 2020 Dorothy Jackson’s 1968 article for Print was perhaps the first piece in the mainstream press to describe the experience of Black designers in their own words. We asked today’s design leaders to tell us what’s changed in 50 years and imagine what’s next.

A giant in the business.

Ten Signature Images From Milton Glaser’s Eclectic Career In his graphic designs, he mingled Dürer with de Chirico, Breuer with Klimt, Islamic ornament with African textiles.

“She Designs Books” Exhibition at TDC

She Designs Books at TDC Installation view of “She Designs Books Celebrates 2 Years!” Type Directors Club New York, New York February 5, 2020 – March 31, 2020 Photos by Susan Bednarczyk

h/t Peter Kraftwerk-Nomi Hudston

McGill restores 200-year-old printing press, likely oldest of its kind in North America | CBC News The Columbian printing press was built in 1821 — the same year McGill University was founded.

These People Really Care About Fonts A regular mixer brings together designers and typography nerds who get consumed by spacing and serifs.

Going for gold: vintage sporting and summer posters Rare and striking images trace the history of advertising design across more than a century

Design legend Milton Glaser is spending his 90th birthday doing what he loves most "My mind seems to have become more exploratory" with age, he says.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-art-director-embraced-hip-and-vivacious-canadian-design/

Art director embraced hip and vivacious Canadian design Early in her career she lost a good job when a man was hired to replace her, but she went on to find success creating magazine covers that captured the spirit of the 1960s, and later defining a new role at The Globe and Mail

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/the-2019-social-media-image-optimization-guide-infographic/545049/

The 2019 Social Media Image Optimization Guide [Infographic] Make sure your social media visuals look their best with this updated guide to optimal social platform image dimensions. 

Google Adds New 'Follow' Feature for Businesses in Google Maps Google has added a new option which enables users to follow businesses on Google Maps and get updates for coming events.

Apparently the carpet from The Shining is now a background for product photos. Creepy.

The powerful political graphics sparking change How the new graphic iconography of memes, placards and posters is changing the way we communicate and protest