All tagged design

How to Collage Your Insta Feed

I’ve been spending the days away from the computer and driving thousands of kilometers throughout middle Europe (I’m not joking odometer count is up to 15560 km) and have been proliferating Instagram with digital collage doodle things (a more official name is unbeknownst to me). I’ve decided to round up some of my favorite apps and tips and tricks and all that glorious jazz so you too can waste your summer hours fidgeting with shapes and layers, ya know if you’d like.

Hack Your Feed: Cool Design Instagrams to Explore

Here are some of my favorite accounts to grace your feed with some quality graphics! 

Appreciation of graphic design (predominantly in the poster domain) has always been one of my hobbies, but not until recently did I discover the booming community on Instagram that shares this love. Albeit, I'm more of a gawker than a creator ("let's drop quantum mechanics to design loudly graphic posters" sometimes does cross my mind though, normally during p-sets), yet this recently curated list has been all my thumbs have been double tapping and scrolling of late. 

Pentagram and Politics: Border City

Notorious for their cutting edge graphic design and powerhouse of all-star artist partners, Pentagram is the quintessential hub of typographic design. With various projects ranging from the Public Theater to Planned Parenthood, the firm has made a strong impact on the way the world views and processes art, products, and cultural/political organizations and movements. 

Interview Series: Baggu

Starting in 2007 Emily and Joan Sugihara, Baggu began and pride themselves on creating sustainable, high-quality reusable shopping bags. Since then, their collection has expanded into leather goods, travel accessories, and many more. All their designs feature minimal styles and continue their mission to create clean, reusable, high-quality products. 

With Chicago's new seven cents a plastic or paper bag initiative, now is the perfect time to build up your collection of Baggu bags. We got in touch with BAGGU and asked some key questions about their business and the mindset and mission behind their bags!