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Debbie Millman|Video

ON! at the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati

In this special Design Matters video episode, Debbie Millman gives you on a preview the new exhibit ON! at the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati.

Alexandra Lange|Slideshows

Instagramming Around Australia

Lessons from contemporary Australian architecture, plus what I saw on Instagram.

Rob Walker|Essays

The Panic Option

A rental car's key fob design emphasizes "Panic" over all other options. Is that really a good idea?

Alexandra Lange|Essays

After the Museum: The Tumblr

To create metamuseum.tumblr.com, a multi-museum, multi-curator Tumblr @MADMuseum, I saw it as a kind of curatorial game: Show Me What You’ve Got.

Rob Walker|Essays

Branding By Numbers

Emblemetric backs its assessment of the American Airlines logo with "the data." Of course, that's open to interpretation.

Rob Walker|Essays

What Are You Looking At?

The maps of the future will tell you what to look at. Sometimes, you should look elsewhere.

Michael Bierut|Essays

Graphic Design Criticism as a Spectator Sport

Michael Bierut on logo redesign outrages, what they mean, and why we should demand more.

Rob Walker|Essays

Tracking War Drones

Online projects that seek to make the drone war comprehensible.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

3rd Annual Holiday Card Review

Holiday card designs for 2012 reveal the social media preoccupations of their buyers, whether it is Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram or old-fashioned (perhaps Downton Abbey-inspired?) stationery.

Rob Walker|Essays

System As Photographer

System as photographer, and photographer as system.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Shopping With Sandro, and Other Tumblr Delights

Digitizing the Miller House Collection, and other museum and corporate visual archives on Tumblr.

Rob Walker|Essays

Crowdcrit vs. Apple Maps

An instant Tumblr responds to Apple's maps app, and demonstrates the art of the creative takedown.