Design Behind The Mask

Do you have a mentor?

by Carl Waldron | Oct 28, 2025

Having brute-forced my way through a design career, I always wonder what it is like to have a mentor.

Design for the end-user, not the stakeholder.

Remember who the product is for, and make the best UX decisions for them.

Marvel Fortnite returns and your favorite super-powered heroes and villains are still shooting at each other with guns like idiots.

Milton Glaser’s DC Bullet logo returns, which begs the question, why has DC swapped logos so much lately?

There is a Star Wars hero that silently moves the universe forward at every turn. Your loving guide to the franchise, ITC Serif Gothic.

I see TT Supermolot everywhere. WWE, Marvel, my projects. It has a very distinct look and feel. Perfect for superheroes.

We are officially five years after Avengers: Endgame and the Marvel Cinematic Universe landscape is as bleak as the post-snap world.

Teen Titans Go! Zimdings turns terrible fonts into superheroes. Talk about a love letter to designers and typographers. I felt seen.

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