Despite What Apple Insists, Good Design Doesn’t Mean Just Minimalism
Apple has long preached the gospel of minimalist design, and that’s been a clever business strategy. But it’s one that other companies would be foolish to follow closely.
Apple has long preached the gospel of minimalist design, and that’s been a clever business strategy. But it’s one that other companies would be foolish to follow closely.
Designed by the Japanese studio Torafu Architects, these sculptural objects seem ready to float away.
The Guardian invited a klatch of cultural luminaries to redesign the British pound to reflect their own preoccupations. Some of them ain’t bad!
The robot has replicated!
Written by: Richard Bates
In an age of morphing logos, the NFL delivered a rigid, static branding system. But it still works, writes the Brand Union’s Richard Bates.
In "Years," Bartholomäus Traubeck mines the natural data stored in a tree using some sophisticated man-made technology.
Spanish architect José Javier Gallardo Ortega hopes that his new, fire-engine red children’s psychiatric center in Zaragoza "robs us of prejudice" against people with behavioral and emotional problems.
Cupboards that won’t remain closed? A lamp shade that won’t stay up? Yup, it’s called art.
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