Media

The Editors|Slideshows

The Next Page: Thirty Tables of Contents

Last year, on the occasion of "Next," the AIGA's Biennial National Design Conference in Denver, Design Observer published a little book, The Next Page: Thirty Tables of Contents. For our readers not in attendance, we are sharing it here as …

Luc Sante|Essays

Taking Things Seriously X

Steven Heller|Essays

Underground Mainstream

"Psychedelic Dingbats," designed by Hendrike. Courtesy Wikimedia CommonsCommercial culture depends on the theft of intellectual property for its livelihood. Mass marketers steal ideas from visionaries, alter them slightly if at all, then …

Debbie Millman|Audio

Abbott Miller

An interview with Abbott Miller, Pentagram partner and an award-winning graphic designer and writer. Miller is also the art director of 2wice magazine.

Joshua Glenn|Essays

Taking Things Seriously IX

Debbie Millman|Audio

Laurie Rosenwald

On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, Debbie talks with graphic designer, artist and actress Laurie Rosenwald.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Gordon Hull

An all-music show with DJ and designer Gordon Hull, co-founder of the firm Surface to Air.

Steven Heller|Essays

Swastika Humor?

Sam Gross, cartoon from We Have Ways of Making You Laugh: 120 Funny Swastika Cartoons, 2008The swastika is not intrinsically funny. Yet, for some, anything can be made into a joke, including this Nazi logo. Nonetheless, there is …

John Keen|Essays

Taking Things Seriously VIII

Debbie Millman|Audio

Stefan Bucher

An interview with graphic designer, illustrator and Daily Monster creator Stefan Bucher.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Petrula Vrontikis

Petrula Vrontikis is a graphic designer and educator at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Jonah Lehrer

Jonah Lehrer, editor-at-large for Seed Magazine, is also a contributor to NPR’s RadioLab. He is the author of Proust was a Neuroscientist.