Category: Essays

Class Action Collective|Essays

A Judicious Choice

Irony, sarcasm, pranks, hyperbole, and their relatives remain effective disguises to hide moral imperatives.

Susan Morris|Essays

Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith: Flowers, Poetry, and Light

A review of Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith: Flowers, Poetry, and Light at Selby Gardens.

Susan Morris|Essays

Documentaries at DOC NYC and Architecture & Design Film Festival

Documentary films were in full flourish with the DOC NYC film festival, which ran back-to-back with the Architecture & Design Film Festival.

Susan Morris|Essays

2021 New York + Toronto Film Festivals

A review of the 2021 New York + Toronto Film Festivals from Susan Morris.

Kathleen Meaney|Essays

Asafo-fonts

The best graphic design teacher is over 100 years old, a brilliant story-teller, and still dances on air.

Kathleen Meaney|Essays

100 Years of Land Grant Universities in 100 Points

What is the Land Grant Act and why does it affect design education?

Sarah Fonder|Essays

An Expert Reveals the Secrets of Sustainable Design

Tucker Viemeister|Essays

Too Fancy

Susan Morris|Essays

Tribeca, Sheffield Documentary, and Sunny Side of the Doc Film Festivals

A recent crop of film festivals — Tribeca Festival (U.S.), Sheffield Documentary Festival (U.K.), and Sunny Side of the Docs (France) — showcased films that rambled through cities, making us aware of the physical …

Sarah Fonder|Essays

Accessibility and Innovation at iF Design

Harvard Advanced Leadership Fellow Karen Korellis Reuther picks some of her favorite iF Design Award gold medal winners.

Richard Baird|Essays

LogoArchive pLAy

LogoArchive began by documenting the forms, form language, and meaning-making that developed out of mid-century modernist identity programs.

Laura Scherling|Essays

Rethinking Sustainable Luxury Fashion and Supply Chain Design

Persistent questions around sustainability and representation have long plagued the fashion industry.