Media

Thomas Frank|Essays

Taking Things Seriously V

Carol Hayes|Essays

Taking Things Seriously IV

Greg Klee|Essays

Taking Things Seriously III

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

Graphic Editorship

Cover of Bibliodyssey: Amazing Archival Images from the Internet, based on the weblog by PK; designed, edited and published by FuelAre graphic design skills transferable? Does being a graphic designer equip a person to do anything other …

Dmitri Siegel|Essays

Taking Things Seriously II

William Drenttel|Essays

Taking Things Seriously I

Jessica Helfand|Essays

Things, Part I

In an age characterized by elevated environmental awareness — reducing our carbon footprint, enhancing our sustainable output — we remain obsessed with our attachment to the material world.

Tom Vanderbilt|Essays

Discipline and Design

"Communications office bunker below the Imperial Palace, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam," photograph by Richard Ross, Architecture of Authority, 2007Looking to get a travel visa, I recently made my way to the Permanent Mission of the Socialist …

Nichelle Narcisi|Essays

Except You

Command X was supposed to serve as comic relief at the AIGA's Next Conference last month in Denver. Seven young designers from around the country were chosen to compete in a real-time design competition, taking on a series of assignments …

Michael Bierut|Essays

Rest in Peace, Herbert Muschamp

Officially published for the first time as a posthumous tribute: a loving parody of the writing of the late, great architectural critic Herbert Muschamp.

William Drenttel|Essays

A Plea to The New York Times: Index Your Art

I'm in the middle of writing a post about the designer Stephen Doyle and his Word Art, most of which appeared in The New York Times — the Magazine, the op-ed page, Arts & Leisure, and other sections. None of this art can be found by …

Jessica Helfand|Essays

Stan Brakhage: Caught on Tape

For Stan Brakhage, that concentration resulted in extraordinary explorations of many things, including the life cycle of a moth, caught on adhesive strips of tape, and subsequently captured on film where it regained — however briefly …