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Rick Poynor|Essays

Typographic Stories of the City Streets

Characters, a new book by Stephen Banham, investigates the stories behind Melbourne’s street signs.

Nancy Levinson|Essays

Design Indaba 2012

Design Indaba 2012 gathered creative people from graphic and product design, architecture and landscape, film and video, not to mention Danish gastronomy and Bollywood movies.

John Thackara|Essays

Zurich Eco Lab

A report on the Zurich's thriving urban eco culture.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Reassembling the American Dream

"Foreclosed" at the Museum of Modern Art asks what people really like about suburban living. And then, Can they do that with less?

Rick Poynor|Essays

The Unspeakable Pleasure of Ruins

“Ruin porn,” a reductive tag that makes any photograph of ruins seem suspect, ignores the cultural history of the ruin.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Downton Abbey: Fell In Love With a House

Downton Abbey, for all its melodrama and dropped teacups, is really the story of falling in love with a house.

John Thackara|Essays

Design In The Light of Dark Energy

A shortened version of a talk on why the world has to reduce energy consumption, the five per cent energy solution and some of the people around the world who are leading the way.

John Thackara|Essays

A Reading List for Mr. Mario Monti

A (mostly) online list of readings for the new Italian Prime Minister, Mr. Mario Monti, and anyone else who is ready for a cold hard look at our energy resources and options.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Round Thermostats and Crystal Lanterns, Revisited

Old designs, new tricks: updates on lawsuits filed against the new Nest thermometer, and on behalf of midcentury masterpiece Manufacturers Hanover.

John Thackara|Essays

Virtual Boring Agent

The Virtual Boarding Agent Orly Airport in Paris. It's spooky, clever and very well executed — and most people seem to ignore it after a first casual glance.

John Thackara|Essays