Top Journalists in Graphic Design
Rob Alderson Design Week
Editor of Design Week, leading the title’s 2024–2025 relaunch and daily coverage across branding, typography, and the business of design. Specialties: Design industry reporting, branding, studio culture, editorial direction.
Email | Editorial (Design Week) | Author page
Lucy Bourton It’s Nice That
Senior editor and long-time design writer at It’s Nice That, with 1,600+ bylines on graphic design and adjacent disciplines. Specialties: Graphic design trends, visual culture, features commissioning and editing.
Stephen Coles Typographica / Fonts In Use
Editorial director and associate curator at Letterform Archive; co-founder/editor of Typographica and Fonts In Use; author of The Anatomy of Type. Specialties: Typography, type history, typographic criticism; also co-publishes Fonts In Use.
Clare Dowdy Design Week
Senior Writer at Design Week, previously a freelance design journalist for Wallpaper*, Monocle, BBC.com and others. Specialties: Industry analysis, interviews, brand identity, type and publishing.
Author page | Editorial (Design Week)
Bryony Gomez-Palacio UnderConsideration / Brand New
Co-founder of UnderConsideration and co-publisher of Brand New, a leading site for coverage and analysis of identity design. Specialties: Brand identity reporting and critique; conference programming; design publishing.
Jessica Helfand Design Observer
Designer-writer and cofounder of Design Observer; longtime commentator on visual culture and design practice. Specialties: Design criticism, culture and visual communication; editorial leadership.
Design Observer contact | Masthead
Steven Heller PRINT Magazine (The Daily Heller)
AIGA Medalist and National Design Award winner who writes The Daily Heller at PRINT, covering design past and present. Specialties: Design history, criticism, graphic culture; prolific author and columnist.
Tom May Creative Bloq
Award‑winning journalist and author; regular contributor to Creative Bloq on design, branding, and typography. Specialties: Graphic design features, trends, practical tools, creative industry analysis.
Bill McCool The Dieline
Editor‑in‑Chief of The Dieline, steering daily packaging design coverage and tip‑driven reporting. Specialties: Packaging design news, CPG trends, sustainability, and brand strategy.
Editorial (Dieline) | Contact page
Aimée McLaughlin Creative Bloq
Regular freelance editor-writer at Creative Bloq, covering graphic design tools, trends, and advice for working designers. Specialties: Graphic design tools and software, industry news, buying guides for creatives.
Rick Poynor Eye Magazine / Design Observer
Founding editor of Eye and cofounder of Design Observer; a leading critic on graphic design, typography, and visual culture. Specialties: Graphic design history and criticism, visual culture, editorial essays.
Anne Quito Freelance (bylines include Quartz, Metropolis, Fast Company)
New York–based design reporter and critic whose work spans Quartz, Metropolis, Fast Company and more; winner of AIGA’s Steven Heller Prize for Cultural Commentary. Specialties: Design and architecture reporting, type industry, design business and policy.
Email (SVA) | Website | Wikipedia
Alice Rawsthorn Design Emergency / Author
International design critic and co‑founder of Design Emergency, a platform (and podcast) chronicling design’s response to global challenges. Specialties: Design criticism, social impact of design, cultural commentary.
Adrian Shaughnessy Unit Editions / Eye Magazine
Graphic designer‑turned‑writer and Unit Editions co‑founder; a prolific essayist for Eye, Design Observer, and books on leading designers. Specialties: Design criticism, publishing, studio culture, design history.
Ellen Shapiro PRINT Magazine / Communication Arts
Contributing editor to PRINT and longtime Communication Arts columnist covering design practice, typography, and visual culture. Specialties: Graphic design features, education/career advice, design history and culture.
Liz Stinson Fast Company (Co.Design) / AIGA Eye on Design
Senior editor at Fast Company (design) and former executive editor at AIGA Eye on Design, with bylines across technology and culture. Specialties: Design features and editing, digital culture, design history and publishing.
Website | Author page (Eye on Design) | Masthead (Fast Company)
Armin Vit UnderConsideration / Brand New
Co‑founder of UnderConsideration and editor of Brand New, a reference point for critique and documentation of brand identity work. Specialties: Corporate identity reporting, brand redesign analysis, conference programming.
John L. Walters Eye Magazine
Editor and co‑owner of Eye, the international review of graphic design, leading its quarterly magazine and live editorial program. Specialties: Graphic design journalism and editing, typography, events programming (Type Tuesday).
Email (Eye editor) | Author page
Eliza Williams Creative Review
Editor of Creative Review, overseeing coverage across graphic design and the wider creative industries. Specialties: Creative industries coverage with a strong focus on graphic design, branding and visual culture.
Mark Wilson Fast Company (Co.Design)
Global Design Editor at Fast Company, leading Co.Design’s journalism on how design shapes products, brands, and society. Specialties: Design and business, UX/UI, product/brand design, AI and culture.
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