Payne called on his go-to graphic designer Nate Carlson to develop ideas. Having worked together dating back to 1999’s “Election,” Carlson was used to Payne’s requests.

The comparison between an old mechanical knitting machine and the creative mind of a graphic designer is not one that often comes to mind. But after making this leap in her MA type design diploma ...

The book, “Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes From the Horrible ’70s” by James Lileks (Crown, 176 pages, $23.95), is a full-throated rant against the decade of shiny Op-Art wallpaper ...

In the candidate generation stage, we generate candidate designs by leveraging design principles as the guidance to make changes around the existing design. In the candidate evaluation stage, we learn ...