As smartly packaged vitamins and supplements flood the market—as well as our Instagram feeds—what moral obligation do designers have to call out snake-oil salesmen when they see them?
You will make mistakes. You may waste time, and you may waste money. And you’ll probably argue over quite a few things that don’t really matter all that much.
Doing killer work is no longer the only barometer of success, not if we want our stuff to be seen. We are now all judged by the clicks we receive. By our Google rankings, hearts and wows, thumbs up and shares. Mike Sager considers the question: How the heck does a creative cope with this new reality?
Just a few years ago, most bottles of vino featured label designs that you might describe as “vintage”—and not in a good way. But things have changed. 99U heads to wine country to find out what’s behind this recent evolution.
Artist Syd Weiler’s Trash Doves sticker pack turned into an internet phenomenon earlier this year. Then the nightmare began. Here is what she learned about protecting art on the internet.
