His name is Eric. After escaping the exploding Death Star, the Stormtrooper who used to be a bottle-washer at Death Star Canteen is adjusting well to life on Earth.
This may be the best deal in the art market today. Celebrated contemporary artist Olafur Eliasson, whose works have drawn six-figure sums at auction, just launched a Kickstarter campaign offering backers an Eliasson original starting at 55 euros (about 61 dollars).
“Design’s purpose is to improve lives,” explained Mikal Hallstrup the jury chair of this year’s Index Awards design competition. “It’s not about tea cups or fancy chairs.”
Begin your day with some perspective.
Sayonara to the serif. Google has unveiled a new logo, marking the first major update to the design since the company’s launch 17 years ago.
Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic Games have suffered another design setback.
In less than a decade, Copenhagen expects to become the first carbon-neutral city on the planet.
Disneyland too busy this weekend? Try Dismaland.
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Is red spicy or sweet? Pantone, the company that sets the standard for color matching, has an answer.
Deep contemplation often happens in fleeting moments of repose—for instance, in the back of a taxi cab.
The healthcare industry used to be in a bubble, says architect Michael Pukszta.
“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this,” the bestselling author Dave Eggers once observed.
A tempting box for a sugary cereal designed to bait kids. Hip sneakers produced in sweatshops. Convincingly forged diplomas and documents. The 3D-printed gun.
A city reveals its secrets to those on foot. In this fascinating video, Alexander Tochilovsky, an adjunct professor of design and typography at The Cooper Union School of Art, shows Quartz how these oft-overlooked signs and markings can reveal layers of stories about a city’s past.
What would you do with a million free images?
Many tech companies these days obsess over constantly redesigning and tweaking their logos. In that context, IBM’s 43-year-old logo is veritably the branding equivalent of ancient sacred scripture.
The people have spoken.
In a dramatic turn of events, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe announced on July 17 the decision not to proceed with Zaha Hadid’s design for the new national stadium slated for the 2020 Tokyo Games. “We have decided to go back to the start on the Tokyo Olympics-Paralympics stadium plan and start over from zero,” said Abe in a press briefing.
Do you dare install this font on your computer?
The shopping mall is dead. The shopping mall is alive. The shopping mall is reborn.
Outdoor mazes and labyrinths have captured our imagination for centuries, harking back to King Minos of Crete’s elaborate, winding structure to corral the hulking Minotaur in Greek mythology.
Serena Williams shot to victory today, clinching the Wimbledon women’s tennis final (July 11). After a shaky start, the top-seeded American tennis star efficiently beat 21-year old Garbine Muguruza from Spain, winning in consecutive sets.
A huge sculpture of Queen Nefertiti was removed last week from the city of Samalut, Egypt, after critical outrage spread through social media.
