9 Big Ideas That Changed The Face Of Graphic Design
In a new book from Laurence King, Steven Heller and Véronique Vienne chronicle when the use of floating heads and pointing fingers came into vogue.
An Exhibition Surveys Four Luminous Decades Of Czech Lighting
Okolo’s "Light Sculptures" displays Czech fixtures from the 1950s to the 1990s.
How Flutter Hopes To Kill Gesture Control’s Point-And-Click Crutch
A promising software startup asks: If gesture-based interfaces like the Xbox Kinect are the future, why are we still using them like mice?
Rebranding Victoria, London’s Heart Of Tourism, For Locals
As the central district begins a seven-year redevelopment, design firm SomeOne aims to extend its appeal.
Furniture Photography That Celebrates Dysfunctional Families
Panther portraits? Smoking babies? Smells but sells.
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An Ingenious Minefield Sweeper Rolls Like Tumbleweed In The Wind
Design student Massoud Hassani called on memories of childhood to design Mine Kafon, a cheaper, safer way to diffuse minefields.
With Computer Code, A Swiss Intersection Becomes A Hallucinatory Work Of Art
For their new video installation, Ursula Damm and Martin Schneider created a computer model that took a clip of commuters and generated a bleary thing of beauty.
A Vast, Reflective Platform For Experimentation, Suspended In A 20th-Century Relic
“There is no subject to this work other than the people who participate in and on it,” says Antony Gormley, the British artist behind Horizon Field Hamburg.
Massive Mosaics Of Images Snatched From Google Satellite View
Swimming pools. Nuclear cooling towers. Football fields. They’re all fodder for artist Jenny Odell’s ingeniously dense compositions.
Legendary Design Guru Jony Ive Now Runs Apple Software, Too
A management shakeup at the tech giant may usher in a new era of more unified devices for Apple.
