A sense of humor seems eternally underrated as a design principle – but those who doubt that it can produce truly cutting-edge work have not been paying attention to Katie Stout. Over the past few years, she has developed a distinctive iconography, alternately endearing and assertive. Her sensibility is reminiscent of the Riot Grrrl aesthetics of the 1990s, but with a Pop visuality and a contemporary Feminist viewpoint – a combination that is uniquely her own. Stout is one of the few designers working today who can legitimately be seen as the voice of the next design generation – delivered with wit, but also ringing clarity.