Technology

Rob Walker|Essays

The Music Video, Rebooted

How digital-era aesthetics are making music videos worth watching again

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Viktoria Modesta by Nadav Kander

Changing perceptions of impairment

Observed|Essays

Announcing the New Places Journal

Our longtime partners have launched a strong new website

Jason Santa Maria|Essays

On Web Typography: Smart Quotes

Punctuation is a system.

Observed|Essays

Redesiging the Parking Sign

Nikki Sylianteng was sick of getting parking tickets. Her solution: redesign the signs.

John Thackara|Essays

When Tech In Care Is Evil

I spent the last two weeks in-and-around a care home in England that looks after people with dementia and terminal illness, and their families – including, this time, mine.

Adam Harrison Levy|Essays

Geek Stories

Adam Harrison Levy attended Kill Screen’s Two5Six conference on video gaming. His intention, as someone who cares about visual culture, but knows nothing about gaming, was to see what he could divine from this emerging …

Rick Poynor|Essays

Rediscovering the Lost Art of the Typewriter

Typewriters are making a comeback and, as a wide-ranging new survey book shows, so is typewriter art.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Brian Singer

On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, Debbie talks to Brian Singer, Communication Design team leader at Facebook,.

Alex Knowlton|Essays

Miami Nice

Alex Knowlton reviews this year's ADC Festival of Art + Craft in Advertising and Design in Miami Beach.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Maria Giudice

Maria Giudice talks with Debbie Milliman about the early days of design on the internet, and what it's like to work for Facebook.

Observed|Essays

Mysteries of the Vernacular

Mysteries of Vernacular is a video series from Myriapod Productions that contains 26 etymological installments, one for each letter of the alphabet.