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Best Graphic design & typography videos, as recommended on Hacker News

33 videos about graphic design & typography that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2010 and 2026. Mostly explainer, talk, demo. Channels that come up most: Computerphile, Technology Connections, Posy, suckerpinch. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is Brown; color is weird: HN repeatedly recommends it as a surprisingly magical explainer on color perception, often cited in color-space discussions.

• explainerBrown; color is weirdTechnology Connections · 8 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• commentaryStephen Fry Kinetic Typography - LanguageBuilt By Matt · 4 HN recommenders · 2012–2025
• documentaryFarewellEtaoinShrdluDrinks and Dice · 6 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• explainerHow I Designed a Free Music Font for 5 Million Musicians (MuseScore 3.6)Tantacrul · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• explainerMouse Cursor History (and why I made my own)Posy · 4 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
• comedyUppestcase and Lowestcase Letters [advances in derp learning]suckerpinch · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• explainerComputer Color is Brokenminutephysics · 4 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• explainerCharacters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle - ComputerphileComputerphile · 4 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• talkPlain Text - Dylan Beattie - NDC Copenhagen 2022NDC Conferences · 5 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• demoA quick tour of TeXmacsTeXmacs Videos · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• demoRefterm v2 - Resource usage, binary splat, glyph sizing, and moreMolly Rocket · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• comedyMicrosoft Re-Designs the iPod PackagingBrant Walsh · 4 HN recommenders · 2011–2026
• documentaryThoth's Pill - an Animated History of WritingNativLang · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• explainerSegmented DisplaysPosy · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• talkAT&T Archives: Saul Bass Pitch Video for Bell System Logo RedesignAT&T Tech Channel · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
• demoWordTeX - A WYSIPCTWOTCG Typesetting ToolTom Wildenhain · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
• talkBadness 0 (Apostrophe‛s version)suckerpinch · 4 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
• talkWhy city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed | Roman MarsTED · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• explainerwjan Misali · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• talkSteve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 high definition.flvJed Joe · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2017
• talkPragmatic Unicode, or, How do I stop the pain?Next Day Video · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2019
• interview1993 interview re: Paul Rand and Steve Jobsyouareworthy · 2 HN recommenders · 2010–2012
• talkIntroducing SILE: A New Typesetting Systemlathosjp · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• interviewThe Great 202 Jailbreak - ComputerphileComputerphile · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• musicShop Vac (kinetic typography animation)jmheather · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2023
• commentaryThere's No Crying in Flag DesignCGP Grey · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2026
• demoReal Life Emoji Keyboard!Tom Scott · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2024
• talkGlenn Vanderburg - Cló: The Algorithms of TeX in ClojureClojureTV · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2017
• music"Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes (Official 4K Video)alyankovicVEVO · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
• lecturePricing Design Work & Creativity (The Guide)The Futur · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2022
• explainerTypesetters in the '80s - ComputerphileComputerphile · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2020
• comedyRedesign Your Logo (2010 live backing video)NeilCicieregaMusic · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2025
• explainerThe Weird World in RGBTechnology Connections · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2021