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Andrew Blauvelt|Essays

Towards Relational Design

Bionic Hamster, using the iRobot Create kit, c. 2006 Is there an overarching philosophy that can connect projects from such diverse fields as architecture, graphic and product design? Or are we beyond such pronouncements? Should we even …

Teddy Blanks|Slideshows

A Year of Political Banner Ads

Throughout this arduous presidential campaign, the new online political enthusiasm has significantly affected the visual landscape of the internet. Perhaps the strangest symptom of this change is the degree to which political banner ads …

Michael Bierut|Essays

The Four Lessons of Lou Dorfsman

For over 40 years, Lou Dorfsman designed everything at CBS from its advertising to the paper cups in its cafeteria. Getting great work done in giant institution is supposed to be hard. How did he make it look easy?

Dmitri Siegel|Essays

Design by Numbers

Business reporter Stephen Baker’s new book The Numerati explores the way that marketers and retailers are leveraging personal data to create customized experiences and targeted messages. The book details the staggering amount of data we …

Michael Bierut|Essays

26 Years, 85 Notebooks

Since 1982, I have never been without a marble-covered composition book. I am now in the middle of Notebook #85. Together, these notebooks create a history of my working life that spans three decades.

Michael Bierut|Essays

Mad Men: Pitch Perfect

AMC’s ad agency drama Mad Men, from the producer of the Sopranos, is beginning its second season. Like The Sopranos, the show finds human drama in an unexpected setting. And where The Sopranos had whackings, Mad Men has client …

Gong Szeto|Essays

Lehman's Bankruptcy Statement

I'm just a designer, but it doesn't take a genius to read a bankruptcy statement. Take a look at the Lehman Brothers statement dated Sunday, September 14, 2008. Read the whole thing down to Exhibit A and the list of creditors — this is …

Michael Bierut|Essays

David Foster Wallace, Branding Theorist, 1962-2008

Steven Heller|Essays

Canned Laughter

Recently, I caught a whiff of a pungent odor emanating from a local construction site and noticed a thick green, anaconda-sized hose running from a tank on a truck emblazoned with the words “Call-A-Head” in bold gothic letters on the …

John Thackara|Essays

Alternative Trade Networks and the Coffee System

Alterative trade networks are emerging in the coffee industry, attempting to eliminate the middle man.

Michael Bierut|Essays

My Handicap

I've come to know a little bit about demographics, customer profiling and market segmentation, and I can tell I'm supposed to care deeply about golf. But I don't.