A Father of Web Design, Kept Alive by His Son
Ignored for decades, the design pioneer Ladislav Sutnar might have been forgotten—but his son, Radislav, made sure that didn't happen More »
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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
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 »
The perils of editing a design journal (and famous designers), and a hate/love relationship with a mid-century timepiece More »
A country's bid to leave behind stodgy Celtic imagery and get out of the shadow of England and Northern Europe More »
Saul Bass invented some of the most iconic film graphics of the 20th century—and DVDs have destroyed his work More »
What cunning marketer transformed a humble bath commodity into a stylish, alluring design object? How soap grew to be about more than just cleanliness. More »
An app transports Alice from Wonderland to New York City—and fuses classic illustrations with complex physics More »
Table tennis has been propaganda. It has been a symbol of suburbia. And images of it have covered ... nearly everything. More »
