Behind the design of almost every typeface is an effort to balance curves with hard edges. But a new typeface from the agency Cotton Design uses just one shape—the backslash—to form every single ...

A new music startup created an instrument that can turn your microwave, electric toothbrush, and baby monitor into hauntingly beautiful music. Its branding converts all of those fascinating outputs ...

If you want to capture someone’s attention, whisper. That was the sage advice proffered in a famous 1970s perfume advertisement. The lesson still applies today, as New York–based industrial and ...

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When a systems integrator received a request to modernize a cotton press, he discovered a new set of tools for dealing with an enduring machine. It is believed that cotton production originated more ...

Designer-coder Talia Cotton discusses how her experiences at agencies such as Pentagram gave her the confidence to set up her eponymous studio, and why creatives need to see more female founders as ...