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Celebrating 40 years of the Herb Lubalin Study Center with Alexander Tochilovsky
As the acclaimed archive of graphic design history celebrates 40 years, a look at what it means for graphic design today.
The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography was founded in 1985 by The Cooper Union and friends of the lat...
Will Hunter on how new models of education can create new models of practice
292. Will Hunter
Will Hunter is an Adjunct Instructor and Executive in Residence at New York University in the Schack Institute of Real Estate where he is leading the Building Better Cities Collaborative, a two-semester fellowship that...
Mysteries of a Communist Cave and the critic as detective
Welcome to the Book Review, a monthly column from Scratching the Surface on books in and around design, architecture, and culture. Each month, we do a deep dive into a new book or publication, either in the form of a review, an interview, o...
September 2026: Back to School!
We’re taking the summer off and rebroadcasting some old favorites from the archives. In August, we went back to 2022 to revisit our conversation with Nicole Killian (who was just named Associate Director of Yale’s Graduate Graphic Design...
Central Saint Martins Provost Rathna Ramanathan on rethinking the foundations of art and design education
291. Rathna Ramanathan
Rathna Ramanathan is the Provost of Central Saint Martins and the Executive Dean, Global Affairs at the University of the Arts London. Over the last few years, Rathna has led a complete restructuring of CSM, crea...
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