Hangar Design Group Travel Guide: Italy’s renowned design agency releases user-friendly mobile app for creatives on the move

Hangar Design Group Travel Guide


With well over 30 years of design ideation, innovation and experience under their belt, Italian creative agency Hangar Design Group continues to look toward an ever-evolving frontier. Driven by instincts to travel and to create, the…

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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Bally Technologies: We explore the fascinating design and innovation behind slot machines, one of the world’s most unknown industries

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Bally Technologies


Slot machines—games of purely random chance—are often seen as mechanical gambling devices and not much more. During a visit to Las Vegas we had the opportunity to dig a little deeper with Bally Technologies’ Director…

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Interview: Das Monk: We speak with the artist collective’s founder on the search for art and photography

Interview: Das Monk


Born in the bright streets of Sydney, Australia in 2007 by designer Marc Hendrick, Das Monk artist collective puts great designs on quality T-shirts. At first a one-man operation, Hendrick soon brought his sister Brooke on…

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Papelote Stationery: Love for paper meets elegant graphic design in collections from the Prague shop and studio

Papelote Stationery


by Adam Štěch Founded in 2009 by Kateřina Šachová, Filip Šach and Denisa Havrdová, Papelote is a Czech stationery company specializing in the production of quality accessories for work and everyday life. Born from the passion…

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The Designer Says: Tweet-sized advice from design legends

The Designer Says


“I just want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.” – Saul Bass Framed as a call-and-response between designers, “The Designer Says: Quotes, Quips,…

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Four&Sons Journal: The digital dog loving publication puts a paw into the world of print

Four&Sons Journal


The ever expanding interest in indy publications continues to create something for everyone, not matter how specialized their interest. And not just something, but something worth reading. Appealing to a rather large audience, Australia’s Four&Sons takes…

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Word of Mouth: Reykjavik: Fresh cuisine, Nordic design and proper men’s threads in Iceland’s capital city

Word of Mouth: Reykjavik


We all know the adage, Greenland is icy and Iceland is green. But really, not many know much more of the large island nation inhabited by just 320,000 people. On our most recent trip to Iceland to visit the capital city of Reykjavik for ); return…

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Cat Lady Preserves: Handsomely packaged homemade jams by graphic designer Sumayya Alsenan

Cat Lady Preserves

After quitting her job in 2010, graphic designer Sumayya Alsenan decided to take some time to figure out what she wanted from her next position. In the absence of a daily routine, Alsenan started channeling her energy into the kitchen by cooking for her roommate. “I needed more and…

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If the World Were a Village of 100 People: Global order characterized in a bright and concise infographic

If the World Were a Village of 100 People

Breaking down the statistics among earth’s entire population in a digestible form is not a simple task—which is why we were so enlightened by the infographic series “If the World Were a Village of 100 People,” which was scouted by our friend and designer Alan Jones-Mann. The smart series…

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Milton Glaser ShopTalk: Memorable moments from our recent talk with the lauded designer

Milton Glaser ShopTalk

Now 83 years old, Milton Glaser has become a name synonymous with meaningful graphic design. With a decades-long career under his belt that includes creating the iconic “I (Heart) NY” logo and many others, as well as co-founding Pushpin Studios and New York Magazine, the beloved designer is still…

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