Communication Arts

Communication Arts is the leading global trade publication focused on visual communication. Established in 1959 by Richard Coyne and Robert Blanchard, this magazine highlights various fields such as graphic design, advertising, photography, illustration, and interactive media. Today, it remains under the stewardship of Richard's wife, Jean, along with their son, Patrick Coyne. Communication Arts publishes six editions annually and organizes six creative contests covering graphic design, advertising, photography, illustration, typography, and interactive media. Additionally, it operates two websites: commarts.com and creativehotlist.com.

International, Trade/B2B

English

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#320031

United States

#172122

Business and Consumer Services/Marketing and Advertising

#798

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Paul Simon’s Ideas Demand Our Attention. Do Yours?

1 month ago | commarts.com | Ernie Schenck

I am just a poor boyThough my story’s seldom toldI have squandered my resistanceFor a pocketful of mumblesSuch are promisesOn the eve of the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, not far from the Crypto.com Arena where the show would be held the following night, something remarkable happened in a fabled coffee shop not far away. But this was The Troubadour. Remarkable things have a history of happening here. A long history.
Tien-Min Liao | Communication Arts

1 month ago | commarts.com | Angelynn Grant

As a Type Directors Club’s 2018 Ascenders award winner, New York-based Tien-Min Liao has a variety of skills and achievements: type design, logotype optimization, multiscript logotype solutions and now her own foundry, Typeji (typeji.com). After attending National Chengchi University in her native Taipei, Liao came to New York City for the master’s program in communication design at Pratt.
Creative Burnout Is Knocking On Your Door. Don’t Answer.

2 months ago | commarts.com | Ernie Schenck

Jim Carrey was a comedic genius and as versatile an actor as there has ever been. For years, his talent for making people laugh was unassailable. What few of us knew was that Jim was carrying inside of him the overwhelming specter of creative burnout. By any measure, Jim Carrey’s career teetered on the edge of impossibly meteoric, beginning with stand-up comedy in Toronto before jumping to the small screen with roles in television shows like In Living Color.
If You Can Survive Grizzly Bears, Frostbite and Starvation, You Can Survive AI.

Nov 19, 2024 | commarts.com | Ernie Schenck

Don’t ask me why, but I’ve become hopelessly addicted to a TV show called Alone. True enough, it’s not the most original idea. There are at least a dozen other shows like it. Survivor. Outlast. Running Wild With Bear Grylls. As these survival shows go, Alone feels more brutal. Raw. Real. You get the feeling that when that grizzly bear or mountain lion shows up in the middle of the night, a whole heapin’ helpin’ of hurt is about to shred that tent into a million weenie nylon filaments.
Honest! | Communication Arts

Oct 28, 2024 | commarts.com | Nick Cohen

by Nick Cohen336 pages, hardcover, $29.95Published by Tish Tosh Publishingtish-tosh.comI can still remember studying the pages of old Communication Arts Ad Annuals during portfolio school, eager as any newbie to learn from the best in the business. I vividly recall when I came across a bold copywriting campaign for the Village Voice that took on the POV of someone who hated the magazine, written in the style of a complaint letter. I immediately thought to myself, ‘Wow, this is wild.
Cream | Communication Arts

Oct 6, 2024 | commarts.com | Stephanie Hunt

Before Steven Spielberg takes the stage in Richmond, Virginia, he, along with the full-house audience there to hear him, watches a two-minute opener—a lush, mind-bending animated introduction that sets the tone for the Richmond Forum, the United States’s largest nonprofit speaker series where he’s a featured speaker. The 3-D photo-real animation is expansive, richly layered, luminous and dynamic—basically a distillation via imagery and artistry of the prestigious Forum itself.
Are We Thinking Too Fast?

Sep 24, 2024 | commarts.com | Ernie Schenck

In Tuscany, there’s a little restaurant called Casetta Magli. If you show up there when their doors open, expect the owner to tell you that the antipasti isn’t even close to being ready, but listen, why don’t you sit out on the deck and enjoy the view of the valley while you have a nice bottle of wine? And when you finally do order dinner, well, don’t expect it to come out in 20 minutes because at Casetta Magli, you’ll be lucky if it comes out in less than an hour. And here’s the cool part.
Daughter | Communication Arts

Aug 25, 2024 | commarts.com | Wendy Helfenbaum

Calgary, Alberta, is famous for many things, including its mammoth oil and gas industries, the annual Calgary Stampede—the world’s largest outdoor rodeo—and its proximity to the spectacular Rocky Mountains. Know what it’s not known for? Creatives. With few educational programs churning out art directors, copywriters and designers, most large clients don’t seek out agencies here. Any local talent is swiftly scooped up by agencies in other Canadian cities like Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver.
Standard Projects

Aug 19, 2024 | commarts.com | Dan Flynn

For cofounders Dan Flynn and Adam Vella, the name of their Sydney-based design firm Standard Projects could relate to their mission of elevate the global standard and standing of design. “We’re frustrated with the quality of design that has passed for good over the last decade; it’s doing our industry a disservice, and it’s time it came to an end,” Flynn says. “For us, good design is good business.
Sarah Hopp | Communication Arts

Aug 5, 2024 | commarts.com | Sarah C. Hopp

Full of vibrant colors and delightfully campy humor, the photography of New York–based artist Sarah Hopp reflects her love of everything the craft entails—shooting, styling and set building. “I want my photography to be fun to make and look at,” she explains. “I like playfulness both in concepts and on set, and I’m often trying to make ideas in my head a reality—in set design or lighting.