Social Good

William Drenttel|Essays

Homework

A plastic axe, a left-over prop from a Halloween costume, tracked from a Connecticut store back to a California distributor back to a Chinese manufacturer.

John Thackara|Essays

What Kind of Design Institutes for India?

An influential group of design thought-leaders has launched a campaign called VisionFirst that calls for a “rigorous co-creation process to bring clarity to the models of design education that India should seek.”

John Thackara|Interviews

Africa: Where Events Are King

John Thackara interviews Mugendi M’Rithaa.

Julie Lasky|Projects

DesigNYC, Round 2

Report on second round of pro bono design initiatives fostered by DesigNYC.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Cities from the Sky

A new exhibition of urban photographs by Sze Tsung Leong.

Rick Poynor|Essays

Solitude in Dark Trees

Was this structure the idle amusement of some loggers, or an art piece by someone at the academy nearby? Gingerly testing each rung, I climbed up into it.

Mark Lamster|Essays

MoCA Loco

A weekend visit to MoCA, and barren downtown LA.

Ernest Beck|Projects

BOOM

Report on a visionary residential complex for aging gay boomers.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Whatever Happened to the Dinner Party?

Why has the dinner party become an endangered species of entertainment?

Ernest Beck|Projects

GlobalTap Update

GlobalTap water station update.

Magda Biernat|Gallery

The Hard Sell

Images from "Betel Nut Beauties": photos by Magda Biernat.

John Thackara|Essays

Ultra Modern

I dislike the word “Glocal,” I also dislike the word “Creative,” now a new word has come along to bug me: “Sustainism.”