Thoughtful graphic design and jargon-free writing can reduce barriers for many people by presenting policies as relevant, explaining complex topics and offering calls to action. For these reasons, ...

This Graphic Artist’s Olympic Pictograms Changed Urban Design Forever Having lived through Germany’s Nazi regime, Otl Aicher went on to pioneer democratic design ...

In 1911, the businessman Charles H. Wacker published a children’s textbook based on the 1909 Plan of Chicago, which proposed a set of urban design projects to improve civic space.

It involves the design of graphic elements that merge with architectural, landscape, urban, and interior designs to make spaces more informative, easier to navigate, and memorable. EDG comprises ...

For their interactive water footprint graphic, Joseph Bergen and Nicki Huang—students at the Harvard Garduate School of Design—earned top honors in the Urban Water Design Challenge, sponsored by ...

Although urban planner Matt Ward has only been living in Jersey City for a little over a year, he probably knows the city’s neighborhoods better than the city’s lifelong residents do.

Jane Davis Doggett with a flow chart for signs for the Jacksonville International Airport in the mid-1960s. She employed elements of graphic design to help people navigate complex spaces.