My first professional job, a part-time gig around 1980, was with a local design firm called Spilker Baker & Associates. + more
My first professional job, a part-time gig around 1980, was with a local design firm called Spilker Baker & Associates. + more
This is a big moment for you. For a long time, you’ve stood in the margins, watching friends and coworkers + more
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and proclaim that this could very well be the coolest public sculpture project ever: + more
Rummaging through some boxes in helveticka’s archives recently, I found this painting in an unmarked folder containing back issues of High Times and old Taco + more
Thanks to Isabel Heisler for the invitation to speak yesterday at my alma mater, Spokane Falls Community College. Originally from + more
Last week, Vincent Connare, the typographer who unleashed Comic Sans on an unsuspecting world, confessed his sins in an interview over + more
Today, helveticka co-founder and part-time contributor John Richard Mraz turns 70! In celebration of this special occasion, we’ve been paying + more
Keeping with this week’s theme about John Richard Mraz (who celebrates his seventieth birthday tomorrow), I would be remiss if + more
We first met at Spokane Falls Community College when John Richard Mraz was a part-time faculty member in the design + more
Upon receiving valedictorian honors from Colton High, John Richard Mraz—the second oldest of Norm and Virginia’s five children—enrolled in Washington + more
This week on the blog, we’re paying tribute to helveticka co-founder John Richard Mraz, who celebrates a special birthday this Friday. + more
“The sounds of the office are essentially sounds of paper and machines. Here are some of them, in a rough + more
Last weekend I ran across a receipt that tells a bit of a story from my days as a design student + more
Here’s how an idea for an illustration begins. After copy is written, a super-quick chicken-scratch is created on literally any + more
Kickstarter for the win with a whimsical display of personality and functionality. It’s pretty amazing what happens when a brand + more