Wednesday September 03, 2008

And That’s the Way It Isn’t

I have a feature in the new issue of PRINT about the graphic designers who work behind the scenes at The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and the Onion News Network, where they have to be ready to riff on any visual meme that comes their way. It’s like doing real news graphics, only harder. The cover image was created by Greg Duncan, who produced the opens for both The Daily Show and Colbert. As you can see, the cover was generated in that 3D netherworld where all broadcast graphics now take place.

In the same issue, Leslie Savan looks at the modernist trend that is sweeping the baby accessories industry, “stok[ing] the mad hope that you can contain your kid’s id with the clean lines and flat surfaces of Modernity itself.” If you don’t think this article rings true, come on out to Park Slope. Sam Potts also does a nice round-up of design trends in presidential signs and bumper stickers over the last 40 years, but you’ll have to pick up the issue for that.