Last week, NPR’s "All Things Considered" covered an unusual topic: Scientific conference posters. For the first time in decades, scientists are rethinking the traditional design of the posters they ...

Staring at a blank page is daunting. Where to make the first mark? As designers have known for centuries, one way is to start with a grid. A grid is a structure of lines used by designers to help ...

As design moves into a new era, its premier reference adapts. Meggs' History of Graphic Design in print, on the iPad, and on the iPhone. Meggs, who taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, was ...