History

Rick Poynor|Essays

On My Shelf: Jean-Luc Godard Anthologized

Lawrence Ratzkin’s cover design for an early anthology about Jean-Luc Godard is almost an anti-cover.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Girard the Magnificent

Is it enough to be gorgeous? If so, Todd Oldham and Keira Coffee's 15-pound Alexander Girard wins Book of the Year.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Reinventing the Thermostat

What the designer of the new Nest thermostat didn't learn from Henry Dreyfuss.

Eugenia Bell|Essays

Eliot Noyes

Eliot Noyes' under-recognized reputation deserves appreciation.

Prachi Khandekar|British Telecom

[MB][BT] Scripting The Future Of Telephony

A Look at the Formalized Language of Telephone Operators.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

When Modernists Get Crafty

The Museum of Arts and Design's Crafting Modernism makes a good case for bringing back macrame.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Cooking with the Eameses

A new book chronicles one family's life with nine pieces of Eames.

Emily Higgins|British Telecom

[MB][BT] With Kindest Regards

Letters from an exhibition that never quite was.

Rick Poynor|Essays

How to Cover an Impossible Book

Tadeusz Borowski’s book This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen poses a visual challenge for designers.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Decorating Brutalism: The Interiors of Kevin Roche

How do you decorate a brutalist building? For architect Kevin Roche, the answer was brown, mirrors, and trees.

Rick Poynor|Essays

The Infinite Warehouse of Images

The more photos we collectively produce, the more ruthless we need to be about bestowing our attention.

Alex Cameron|British Telecom

[MB][BT] A Very British [Design] Coup

The GPO in Britain provides a key insight into the position now occupied by the graphic designer.