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Maya P. Lim|Essays

Ineffable Eloquence: The Design of Roses

Rose hybridizer Ping Lim and his daughter, a graphic designer, reflect on the science and art of designing the most communicative of flowers—the rose.

Ken Gordon|Essays

Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America, a Novel… with a Short, Useful Illustration of Empathic Design

That’s right: Philip Roth, designer manqué!

Cheryl Heller|Essays

Conflict as a Tool For Social Change

To be passionate about change requires unconquerable optimism, fed by a vision of the better thing ahead.

Eric Heiman|Essays

Necessary Frictions

Want to get an immediate, on-the-ground sense of a new city in all its multicultural glory? Use its public transit.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 49: My First Tattoo

Tattoos, Type 1 diabetes, ID cards, taking MBA students to the art gallery, Kerry James Marshall, Mark Rothko, Mike Mills, the 2017 Citizen Designer Pledge

Steven Heller|Essays

Bad Design, Great Signs

The signs held by participants of all the women’s marches that took place throughout the world were not designed to win awards. They were made to convey truths.

Cheryl Heller|Essays

The American Dream in Black and White—Designing a Just Economy

Social design is based on finding the right question to ask, rather than looking for the best person to blame.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 48: Lella and La La

Lella Vignelli, John Berger, Second Avenue Subway, Jackie, La La Land

Mariana Amatullo|Essays

People to People ÂÂ: Fresh Eyes on a Changing Cuba

The power of visual metaphor and design’s aesthetic dimension as a way forward for cultural rapprochement and social transformation.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Design Matters: Best Of 2016

Debbie highlights some of her favorite conversations of 2016, including Alison Bechdel, Alain de Botton, Lisa Congdon, Chris Anderson, Krista Tippet, Eileen Myles, and Amanda Palmer.