Milton Glaser

One of the greats, renowned American designer Milton Glaser has passed. And though he will be greatly missed, his iconic graphic design contributions will continue to inspire and live forever.

TAWD June 29, 2020

A New Secret Wish

A cryptic message has appeared on German singer Claudia Brücken’s website. It simply says, “Claudia, Susanne and Stephen are making finishing touches to…” It was followed with a graphic teaser and music sample followed by, “Claudia and Susanne progress into 2020. Whatever next…?” Both Claudia and Susanne were originally in a band in the 80s called […]

TAWD June 25, 2020

Christo

Christo, the Bulgarian-born conceptual artist who turned to epic-scale environmental works in the late 1960s, stringing a giant curtain across a mountain pass in Colorado, wrapping the Pont Neuf in Paris and the Reichstag in Berlin and zigzagging thousands of saffron-curtained gates throughout Central Park has passed on at 84. Christo—he used only his first […]

TAWD June 23, 2020

Aunt Jemima

Quaker Oats has announced that before the end of this year, the Aunt Jemima brand will be retired as they recognize the name and image’s “origins are based on a racial stereotype.” The new name has not been announced. Additionally, Quaker Oats is pledging $5 million over the next five years to “create meaningful, ongoing […]

TAWD June 21, 2020

Louise Bourgeois

Phaidon has just published a magnificent retrospective, “Intimate Geometries: The Art and Life of Louise Bourgeois.” The book comprehensively surveys her amazing journey through her art. In a career spanning nearly 75 years, Louise Bourgeois created a vast body of work that enriched the formal language of modern art. Her solo 1982 retrospective at The […]

TAWD June 19, 2020

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