Arts + Culture

David Morris|Books

The Last Truly Free Space in America

The public library is a singularly American invention whose prime directive has been to protect access to information.

Jessica Helfand|Photos

Fast Thinking

Is this a slapstick fall captured as a slow-motion sideshow? Or an example of how accelerated exposure times tell a different story?

Samantha García|Reviews

Inalienable Rights, Wolfsonian-Style

A review of  the inaugural "Power of Design" ideas festival in Miami.

Brigette Brown|Insights Per Minute

Brigette Brown on Umbrellas

Brigette Brown is a 2013 graduate of SVA MFA Design Criticism program who has worked for the Museum of Latin American Art, written for Disegno and Surface, researched for Metropolis, and edited a publication for Domus.

Adam Harrison Levy|Essays

Data Loss

Adam Harrison Levy on losing everything he had stored on his phone for three years.

Anne Quito|Insights Per Minute

Anne Quito on Quiet

Anne Quito will graduate in May 2014 from SVA’s MFA Design Criticism program. In 2009, she earned a master’s degree in Visual Culture from Georgetown University.

Anna Marie Smith|Insights Per Minute

Anna Marie Smith on “Apples to Apples”

Anna Marie Smith is currently working on her MFA in Design Criticism from the School of Visual Arts, with particular interest in social media, video game design, and branding within the Young Adult demographic.

John Thackara|Essays

Keep Your Stuff Alive

What would fashion be like if it was more than a an act of consumption with no meaning beyond the point of sale? What kind of system would improve the quality of our fashion experience without increasing the quantity we consume?

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

The Greenville, NC Daily Reflector: 1948 to 1967

One of the best ways to investigate the life and times of a region is to look at the local photo files from the daily newspaper.

Jess|Poetry

An Aposiopesis of Black Honey: or Variations on Dürer’s Melancholia I

A visual poem from Jess.

Observed|Essays

The Hilda Stories

In a new video series from Herman Miller, Hilda Longinotti, George Nelson’s longtime aide-de-camp, recounts some of the greatest anecdotes from her 21-year run at the legendary New York City design atelier.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Jonathan Harris

Jonathan Harris on his web and database art projects, his relationship to time and memory, and the sexuality of the internet.