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.
Vases That Look Like Graphic Art, Suspended In Mid-Air
Designed by the Japanese studio Torafu Architects, these sculptural objects seem ready to float away.
Jonathan Franzen Thinks The $10 Bill Should Look Like This
The Guardian invited a klatch of cultural luminaries to redesign the British pound to reflect their own preoccupations. Some of them ain’t bad!
Robot Now Printing Mini-Chairs And Tables From Melted Refrigerators
The robot has replicated!
Our MVP Pick For Super Bowl XLVI: The Old-School Branding System
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.
Making It
A High-Tech Turntable Converts Tree Rings Into Piano Music
In "Years," Bartholomäus Traubeck mines the natural data stored in a tree using some sophisticated man-made technology.
Infographic of the Day
A Flashy Psychiatry Center Visualizes The Mind-States Of Inhabitants
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.
With A New Furniture Collection, Nendo Offers An Object Lesson In Objects
Cupboards that won’t remain closed? A lamp shade that won’t stay up? Yup, it’s called art.
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