Attention paper sophisticates: Ito-Ya, the legendary 111-year old Japanese stationery mecca will make your dreams come true.
Today, US gun safety activists made dressing for work much simpler: Wear orange.
Scientists are smart. Designers are, er, good with color.
Most funerals are modest, hastily planned events left to mourning family members to put together. But for design legend Massimo Vignelli, who passed away two years ago today (May 27), it was a farewell that he personally designed down to the last detail, capping a long, storied life in design.
Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put an end to a years-long design debate: Why Helvetica?
In a world where social media skill means more than physical strength, Photoshop is a superpower.
In the US, a traditional career is designed as a marathon, with the finish line at age 65. After a 40-year grind, we’re expected to stop working and revel in a life of idle, stress-free days funded by hard-earned pension plans.
In the annals of weird football kits, this might be the oddest.
The glory of a lost Syrian temple from 32 AD, precious Sumerian statues from a looted museum, a prayer service given by a beloved priest.
Does Budweiser embody America?
When the Venice Architecture Biennale opens on May 28, visitors can expect to see some fancy architecture concepts, designed to improve the planet. But a modest building project to be displayed on Brazil’s pavilion has already vastly improved the life of one person.
Procrastination, it turns out, may not be such a bad thing after all.
Moon Ribas might just be the most normal looking cyborg you’ll meet. Unlike the contingent of extreme biohackers or “grinders,” the 30-year old Spanish avant-garde artist’s superpower—or self-imposed aberration—is not immediately obvious. Ribas has a tiny magnet near the crook of her elbow that allows her to feel all tremors and earthquakes anywhere on earth, in real time.
In 2008, the Guggenheim Museum in New York City commissioned artist Jenny Holzer to project some nice poetry on its newly restored façade. Now the technique has been used to hurl accusations at the museum itself.
In the wake of the deaths of several cherished celebrities, a photograph of a crouched sculpture shared widely on social media has become symbolic of grieving fans’ heavy hearts.
There is not a single movie theater in South Sudan, the world’s newest nation. But that doesn’t mean the people of the war-riven country aren’t movie buffs.
A checkered sun will preside over the next Olympic games.
As a teenager growing up in the Bronx in the 1940s, design legend Seymour Chwast was struck by an 1918 essay by leftist intellectual Randolph Bourne called War is the Health of the State, a polemic against World War I. The essay, which Chwast says “showed that nations need wars to keep the economy going,” made an indelible impact on his life. “There must be another way to solve economic problems,” he recalls thinking at the time.
Dieters, diabetics, calorie counters, caffeine avoiders: Beware.
Makers of handmade pianos since 1853, Steinway & Sons is known as a stickler for tradition. But the rise of music streaming and the lucrative market for tech gadgets would make anyone rethink that strategy.
Up close, deadly viruses are like snowflakes, says Eleanor Lutz, a first year PhD biology student at the University of Washington and self-described infographics fanatic.
Here it is, finance wonks: The textbook of your dreams.
GMB Akash grew up in the dim alleys of the Tanbazar brothel area, in the city of Narayanganj, Bangladesh. As a child, he witnessed the comings and goings of other children who worked as prostitutes. And when he spoke of his work at a TEDx talk in 2011, he thanked them. “I am here because of them,” said the award-winning photojournalist.
Soon your packages may arrive cushioned in seaweed. With the design world’s luminaries gathered at the Milan Design Week, Lexus announced yesterday (April 11) that “AGAR PLASTICITY,” a project that explores using marine algae in packaging, won the grand prize at its annual design competition. Now on its fourth year, the Lexus Design Award is an international design competition that supports emerging designers working on ideas that improve the planet.
