The Accidental Futurist: Steven M. Johnson's Alternate Realities
A designer dreams up everything from hot-tub cars to shoes with headlights—and sometimes predicts the future… More »
Steven Heller is the co-chair of the MFA Design program at the School of Visual Arts and co-founder of the MFA Design Criticism program. More
A designer dreams up everything from hot-tub cars to shoes with headlights—and sometimes predicts the future… More »
The Happy Film examines what happens when we follow psychologists' advice—and when we do things that scare us… More »
From children's toys to chunks of the Berlin Wall, this collection is showing that Cold War design is more than propaganda… More »
Stephan Van Dam's 3D maps are already in the MoMA—and his new app boldly goes where no mapmaker has gone before… More »
FORM magazine—an essential read for anyone who cares about product or graphic design—shows why print design publications are still better than websites… More »
How the former art director of SPY turned the Yiddish magazine Pakn Treger into an inspiring mix of Jewish history and modern design… More »
Ray guns, goggles, and giant mechanical creations fill the pages of the beautiful, old-meets-new Steampunk Bible… More »
Ignored for decades, the design pioneer Ladislav Sutnar might have been forgotten—but his son, Radislav, made sure that didn't happen… More »
A mega-retailer and a tiny wood type museum in Wisconsin join forces to bring a different kind of style to the back-to-school crowd… More »
Joep Pohlen's Letter Fountain, a handbook that stands out in design publishing's most crowded category, has hit American shelves… More »
The teacher of a "No Google!" design class explains the importance of digging up objects—and their stories—by hand… More »
Peter Maresca's quest to preserve the look and feel of America's original Sunday comic strips by becoming an "accidental publisher"—and printing unusually large books… More »
MyPlate, which replaced the Food Pyramid, is pleasing and colorful. But it's a logo, not a chart—and that's a problem.… More »
Helvetica wasn't always the cold, rational typeface it is today. For the first time, someone is bringing back its beauty.… More »
A new book shows off the country's sometimes flamboyant, often nuanced, and nearly always overlooked design culture… More »
Lacking the burdens of tradition, bloggers are increasingly functioning as collectors and curators of design. A close look at a good example, 50 Watts.… More »
Old-school print shops like Bowne & Co. are vanishing. How long will a group of devoted fans be able to cling to the past?… More »
How architects, designers, and the government taught Baby Boomers to stop worrying and love protective structures… More »
Esopus prints some of the most ambitious covers around—and its designer and editor is almost entirely self-taught… More »
The most important typeface company of the '60s—maybe the most important ever—is born again online… More »
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