Illustrator: Helen Musselwhite → helenmusselwhite.com / @helenmusselwhite
AD: Kay Scanlon
A guide to pumpkin patches and Halloween happenings: “Your perfect jack-o’-lantern adventure awaits. Here are 22 SoCal spots to find one”. Words by Emily Tarinelli.
Illustrator: Violet Frances → violetfrances.com / @violetfrancesillustration
AD: David Armario
Stanford Medicine, Issue 2 — Cover, opening illustration, and editorial spread on joint health, movement, and musculoskeletal anatomy.
Cover illustration for Stanford Magazine's special issue on joints, ligaments, tendons, and movement.
Walking skeleton: Opening illustration for an article about advancements and growing popularity of joint replacement.
Back muscles: Spread illustration focusing on joints, ligaments, tendons, and cartilege.
Read more about the project here.
Illustrator: Carlos Miranda → deptof.net / @dpt.of
AD: Minh Uong
“Why Bad News in the Bond Market May Be Good News for Investors.” By Jeff Sommer.
Illustrator: Alonso Guzmán Barone → guzmanbarone.com / @guzmanbarone
AD: Supriya Kalidas
Zoe Kazan’s Heady and Bighearted “East of Eden”. While Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist duke it out as John Steinbeck’s Trask brothers, Florence Pugh’s Cathy is a gothic villain you can’t help but root for. By Inkoo Kang.
Illustrator: Mar Hernández → malota.es / @marmalota
AD: Derek Eng
“Homeseekers are increasingly calling out listings as deceptive “housefishing”—and some professionals agree, even as they’re tapping the technology to streamline other parts of their jobs.” Text by: Marah Eakin
Illustrator: Igor Bastidas → igorbastidas.com / @igorbastidas
AD: Rebecca Lieberman
"Our Smoky, Sweaty, Itchy, No Escape, Very Long Summer. Did some of the season’s dependable pleasures — sunshine, lake vacations, time spent outdoors — feel newly in limbo this year? Blame climate change. " Text: David Gelles
Design: Oscar Saylor → oscarsaylor.com / @el_guapo_ny
This Hispanic Heritage Month, the Society of Publication Designers, its Board, and designer Oscar Saylor celebrate the history behind the observance—and the many stories that continue to shape it.
1968 — The U.S. Congress establishes National Hispanic Heritage Week.
1988 — The observance expands from a week to a month, becoming National Hispanic Heritage Month.
The layout is built on a modular grid inspired by the stepped geometric forms of Latin American pyramids.
Image credits, left to right, top to bottom:
Chance Operations — Visual identity and wordmark for filmmaker Gary Hustwit’s publishing imprint.
WE ❤️ NYC (Speculative Concept) — A conceptual visual identity and typographic reinterpretation of the civic campaign.
Aseo Romano — Custom display typeface study exploring classical Roman proportions through a contemporary geometric grid.
36 Days of Type — Experimental letterform explorations and modular poster system.
Feelings — Custom typographic lockup and graphic identity for limited-edition apparel and printed goods.
Illustrator: Paola Saliby → paolasaliby.com / @paolasaliby
AD: Claudia Isabel Rubín
"Nearly 60 years after their breakup, The Beatles continue to inspire an ever-growing body of books, biographies and cultural analysis."
Illustrator: Timo Lenzen → timolenzen.com / @timolenzen
AD: Sheila Wolfe
"The Lost Dream of Lab-Grown Meat”
Illustrator: Kyle Ellingson → www.kyleellingson.com / @ellingson_art
AD: Josiah Whitfield
"The Mysterious Case of the JetBlue Flight That Went Into Free Fall Why would a perfectly good plane go rogue? The answer grounded 6,000 aircraft." Words by Jeff Wise, a science journalist and private pilot.
Illustrator: Hannah Robinson → www.hannahrobinson.work / @robinsondraws
AD: Joanna Cochrane
The FT talks to its writers about the "summer that changed them", from romance abroad, working in the kitchen at Legoland, a near death experience on the train to solo backpacking around the Mediterranean.
Spot 1 (man in bus): Jay Rayner goes solo backpacking across the Mediterranean and realises he likes his own company.
Spot 2: Horatio Harris remembers writing to her favourite QPR football player as a girl and actually getting a reply!
Spot 3: Jemima Kelly recounts wanting to become a pop star aged 16, practicing made-up songs with her friends at the local seaside.
Illustrator: Beyza Durmuş → www.beyzadurmus.com / @beyzadurmus
AD: Kathy Lee
"Poetry challenge: Haikus about Connections"
Commission resulting from the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗣𝗗 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄.
Illustrator: Michael Hoeweler → michaelhoeweler.com @michaelhoeweler
Creative Director: Eric Capossela
Art Director: Julia Knetzer
Art Production Assistant: Sidney Thomason
Bluegill Days. “You’re never too old to revel in the elemental pleasures of bream fishing.” Written by David Joy.
Illustration & animation: Inma Hortas
www.inloho.com / @inlohographics
SPD and its Board celebrate Pride Month by highlighting the power of visual storytelling to honor LGBTQIA+ voices, identities, and experiences through culture, creativity, and community.
SPD Pride 2026 / Hair Pride / Pride Calendar Page (Southern Poverty Law Center, AD: AJ Favors) / Pride Sticker Collection (Playbook, AD: Andrea Juwono) / Queer Poly Love (Los Angeles Times, AD: Faith Stafford) / Trans Teddy (Los Angeles Times, AD: Jan Molen)
Illustrator: Raven Jiang
👉ravenanother.cargo.site
@aven_another
"Why I Now Believe In Signs Of An Afterlife"
Client: The Girlfriend form AARP. AD: 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻
Illustrator: Jia Liu
jia-liu-illustration.squarespace.com / @jia_liu_illustration
SPD organization and board celebrate and honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI) through culture, creativity, and community.
Seek (Personal Work) / Wonder (Personal Work) / Holiday Card (Infinite Legacy, AD: Emma Sampson) / Grow Through Reading (Personal Work).
Illustrator: Matthias Seifarth
👉casamatze.com
www.instagram.com/casamatze
Rethinking journalism in the age of AI: responsibility, trust, and the audience at stake.
Client: Journalist Magazine. AD: Antonius von Schorlemer.
Illustrator: Lyne Lucien
SPD organization and board: Celebrating and honoring Earth Month through creativity, nature, and community, embracing the impact of small actions.
Erykah Badu (Sister’s Newsletter, AD: Dian Holton) / Cuba Culture (Print Nobles Magazine, AD: Kelly McMurray) / Sunday in Haiti (personal) / Sigmas (NPR, AD: Moury Khan) / Ayo Balogun (New York Magazine, AD: Stevie Remsberg).
SPD organization and board: Celebrating and honoring women’s history, culture, and creatives, including non-binary voices.
Illustrator: Sam Singh / samsinghillustration.com / @samsingh_art
01. ANNI ALBERS
1899-1994, Germany. Visual systems, design theory, material-based design.
Known for: Bauhaus teaching; On Weaving.
She redefined visual structure, pattern, and abstraction in design education.
02 CARRIE MAE WEEMS
Born 1953, United States. Photography, conceptual visual art.
Best-known work: The Kitchen Table Series (1990).
Notable awards: MacArthur Fellowship (2013), National Medal of Arts (2022).
First Black woman with a solo retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum (2014).
03. TOVE JANSSON
1914-2001, Finland. Illustration, graphic storytelling.
Known for: The Moomins.
Global influence on illustration, publishing, and visual culture.
04. MURIEL COOPER
1925-1994, United States. Graphic design, typography, digital design.
Known for: Modernizing MIT Press design; pioneering interactive information systems.
Foundational figure in digital visual communication and design research.
05. RIEKO KODAMA
1963-2022, Japan. Digital visual communication, game design.
Known for: Phantasy Star, Skies of Arcadia.
Pioneer of visual storytelling in interactive media.
06. CHIHIRO IWASAKI
1918-1974, Japan. Illustration, visual education.
Known for: Children’s book illustration in watercolor.
Foundational figure in modern Japanese illustration.
07. FOLAYEMI FO WILSON
United States. Editorial design, art direction.
Known for: Visual leadership at Essence.
Structural change in Black editorial representation.
08. ZANELE MUHOLI
Born 1972, South Africa. Documentary photography, visual activism.
Known for: Ongoing portrait series and community archives.
Focus: Identity, representation, visibility, social justice.
09. CORITA KENT
1918-1986, United States. Graphic art, visual communication, education.
Known for: Bold typographic screen prints with social and political messages.
Focus: Social justice, peace, spirituality, mass communication
10. GERDA TARO
1910-1937, Germany. Editorial and documentary photography.
Known for: War photography
One of the first women photojournalists killed while covering war.
Illustrator: Alyah Holmes
SPD organization and board: Celebrating and honoring Black history, culture and creatives!
Black History Month 1 & 2 / Martin Luther King Jr. / Kamala Harris. Art by Alyah Holmes.
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