Barack Obama
Founder
Articles & interviews3
- Kim Hastreiter Reflects on Paper, New York Culture, and Art
In this Design Matters podcast interview, Paper magazine co-founder Kim Hastreiter reflects on her role in documenting downtown New York's art, fashion, music, and nightlife scenes. She discusses Paper's scrappy newsprint origins, its internet-breaking cover, and her new memoir, Stuff: A New York Life of Cultural Chaos, while arguing for artists to document culture.
- Dolly Parton’s Printed Legacy Extended Beyond Music
Steven Heller remembers the late cartoonist, writer and illustrator Jules Feiffer through their final interview, conducted around Feiffer's children's graphic novel Amazing Grapes. Feiffer discusses his improvisational creative process, the book's fantastical story of three siblings, his longtime editor Michael Di Capua, the Obama-inspired title, and the autobiographical and therapeutic role of his work.
- "Manual's Rebrand Elevates Obama Foundation's Visual Legacy"
Manual has rebranded the Obama Foundation, evolving its visual identity rooted in the iconic Obama campaign logo. The San Francisco and Amsterdam-based studio expanded the Gotham type family with Monotype’s Sara Soskolne and introduced a motion-led system and refreshed color palette. The rebrand unifies the foundation’s programs and channels while maintaining its legacy of optimism and community focus.