Graphic Design

December 10, 2024

Charli XCX’s “brat” Featured on Updated Iconic Albums Poster for the Holiday Season

Released on June 7, 2024, brat by British artist Charli XCX has amassed meteoric popularity in only a few months. With its iconic lime-green cover, brat has been hailed as a best album of the year by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and Stereogum, to name only a few, and has attracted a devoted cult following. The album’s astounding fame has also led to a new poster by UK-based design studio Dorothy.

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October 22, 2024

Iconic London Tube Map Designer’s Archive Is Going on Sale and Getting Its Own Exhibit

London's subway system (“the Tube”) is a standout feature of the city. Stretching into the suburbs, it connects a vast and diverse metropolis. Its easy-to-use lines take tourists and locals from monument to monument, pub to pub in fairly clean train cars (when compared to other major global hubs like New York City). Since 1863, the London Underground has been trendsetting in the transportation world as the first subway system.

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November 22, 2023

Beautiful 19th-Century Illustrations of Every Known Hummingbird Species in One Dynamic Poster

Before photography, it was up to illustrators to accurately record plants and animals. In the 19th century, artist John Gould set out to capture all of the known species of hummingbirds at the time, which meant traveling to different continents to observe their appearances. Ultimately, these efforts culminated in A Monograph of the Trochilidæ, or Family of Humming-Birds, a five volume series of 360 hand-colored lithographic plates.

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