Architecture

Mark Lamster|Essays

How to Design an Iconic NY Fast Food Joint

Design secrets of New York fast food icons.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Shapes and Japes

Corporate design humor from Mic Drop to bland.ly, photoviz, remembering Zaha Hadid

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Kreuzberg Tower in Berlin by Hélène Binet

The aura of a building

Debbie Millman|Audio

Design Matters From the Archive: Michael Arad

The designer of the 9/11 memorial—Michael Arad— on the process of design.

52-Blue|Audio

(in)Fringe 05: Hushed Spaces

POPOS and the public

Adam Harrison Levy|Essays

The Master

On the occasion Frank Lloyd Wright’s birthday Adam Harrison Levy pays tribute to a life that was as spectacular as any of his buildings.

Rob Walker|Essays

Defending The Standpipe

A curious concentration of designs to discourage people from sitting on standpipes.

Bryan Finoki|Essays

Architecture vs. the People

How anti-homeless measures diminish a city’s responsibility to its most vulnerable citizens

Rob Walker|Essays

Scalies in the Spotlight

The uncanny figures populating architectural renderings get some fresh scrutiny

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Restaurant de la Réserve by Jean Gilletta

Wonder and yearning by the sea

Erik Spiekermann|Essays

Ideas Come First

The observations of a graphic designer as client

Steven Heller|Essays

A Memory of Mickey

Steven Heller remembers Mildred Friedman, who passed away late Wednesday.