← Calm Web Design Typography, Graphic Systems, Industrial Craft & Visual Culture In This Issue Napa Valley Meets Paris in This Charlotte Bistro by FictionWorks — Design Milk A former taco spot, the restaurant is now a layered interior of warm woods, stained glass, and intimate dining spaces Barbie and Pinterest Bring DreamHouse Style Into Your Own Home — Design Milk Through Pinterest’s AI-powered Restyle tool, users can experiment with five Barbie DreamHouse-inspired aesthetics in their own spaces Gubi Revives Carlo Nason’s Cult-Favorite Lotus Table Lamp — Design Milk Introduced in 1969, the sculptural glass lamp returns with a subtle update to its original construction Friday Five with Grace Zhang: How Light, Finance, and Chanel Inspire Her Art — Design Milk The San Francisco-based artist finds unexpected connections between science, financial markets, and fashion in her paintings Apparatus Explores Persian Mythology in Act V: Afsaneh — Design Milk Gabriel Hendifar draws on his Persian heritage and personal history for a collection exploring creation, transformation, and renewal Swizz Beatz Brings His Creative World Home With CB2 — Design Milk Music producer Swizz Beatz and designer Evan Jerry bring art, music, and creative living together in a new CB2 collection How a Humble Clay Pot Redesigns the Ritual of Eating — Design Milk A visit to SingleThread Farm for its annual FieldNotes gathering reveals the art of donabe cooking, a centuries-old Japanese tradition Softville Brings Art, Design, and Dessert to NYC’s Lower East Side — Design Milk Studio Jeremyville and Gelato Messina bring playful sculptures, inventive sundaes, and a restored 1920s storefront together on New York’s Lower East Side. A Spherical Computer Monitor Pays Homage to a 1970 JVC Design — Core77 Designing Play: How Ekoplay Turns Learning Into a Hands-On Experience — Core77 The Daily Heller: Express Kindness by Making a Poster — Print Magazine The Daily Heller: A Happy Book About Death — Print Magazine 'The Magic Box' is both ahead of its time and of its time. Apple Music's new logo was shaped by Fred Again and a bath of mineral oil — Creative Boom As Thought Bubble comic art festival turns 20, meet the indie creators who could be the next big thing — Creative Boom Why is a creative agency in New York asking women to 'send nudes'? — Creative Boom SEA turns 30 with a new anniversary book celebrating design that lasts — Creative Boom The Daily Heller: Peter de Sève’s Opening Night — Print Magazine This consummate artist takes another well-earned bow. Adobe MAX, it's been a while: why Creative Boom is heading to Miami after 11 years away — Creative Boom From Creative Boom's Instagram to a full rebrand: How Davy Denduyver met A Human Agency — Creative Boom A design lesson from Major League Baseball — Design Observer The World Series was the unexpected solution to a familiar problem What Matters to Gil Muińos — Print Magazine Gil Muińos reflects on the joys of fatherhood, the lasting grief of losing his father, and the curiosity and creativity that shape his life, while celebrating the small moments, family connections, and Cuban traditions that mean the most to him. PRINT Book Club Recap: The Art of Starting Over with Mirko Ilić — Print Magazine Casey Roarty digs through Facebook Marketplace listings and transforms his findings into art — Creative Boom Investigating ‘Booklook,’ a Wearable Book Series That Interrogates the Fashion Industry — Print Magazine The Daily Heller: An Israeli Modernist Uncovered — Print Magazine It is always a treat to find a forgotten or little-known designer. Typography is an accessibility, usability, and customer care issue, says Charles Nix — Design Observer For pharmaceutical and wellness brands, partnering with the right designers is the first step to building trust Who gets to decide where power begins and ends? — Design Observer Two bonus episodes of Draw the Line that take you behind the scenes as voters and lawmakers clash over voting rights You need an observation practice — Design Observer In more than a dozen interviews, working designers keep pointing to the same idea BONUS: Live from Essence Fest – The Work Gets Personal — Design Observer BONUS: Live from Essence Fest – The Accounting — Design Observer