Books
How Graphic Designers Around the World Interpret Shakespeare
When the Globe Theatre along London's River Thames opened in 1599, a flag depicting Hercules hoisting a globe announced the opening of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Design
Art
A Designer Experiments with Digital Design, After 60 Years of Handcrafted Furniture
Designer Wendell Castle has made a career out of challenging the boundaries that define art and furniture.
Art
50 Reinterpretations of the Eames Wire Chair
The French social and education arts organization La Source has partnered with Vitra Design Museum to invite artists, designers, and architects from around France to revisit the classic chair and add their own contemporary twists.
News
Cooper Hewitt Acquires Historic Textile Designed for UN Security Council
With the world still reeling from World War II, a Norwegian architect was tasked with designing one of the most important places of international peace and negotiation.
Art
Inventive Twitter Projects Monitor Air Quality, Calm Chemo Patients, and More
At last month's London Design Festival, six projects considered how Twitter might enable interactions beyond verbal communication.
Art
Disassembling a Dying Ash Tree so It Can Be Reborn
LONDON — The afterlives of trees are grim. Many become mulch, others fodder for fires.
Art
The Marvels of India's Maze-like Stepwells
For the past four years, journalist Victoria Lautman has been photographing an overlooked feature of Indian architectural history: the stepwell.
News
A 23-Foot-Tall Air Filter Is Turning Rotterdam's Smog into Jewelry
This month, a 23-foot-tall outdoor structure that improves the air quality of the surrounding area landed in Rotterdam.
Art
Flickery Nonsense for the Overworked Motion Designer
For motion designers with clients demanding flashy movement that is in fact total nonsense, Vancouver-based art director and motion designer Peter Quinn created a handy set of 100 pre-made fake user interface (UI) animations.
Art
Domestic Interior Paintings Show How the 1% Lived in the 19th Century
Photographs of immaculate, domestic interiors are common to us today, with countless images of private homes readily found in design magazines and on social media.
Art
Japan Wipes Away Pretentiousness with Art Festival Devoted to Toilets
Relieve yourself of the conventional biennials and triennials of the art world with the first art festival dedicated entirely to bathrooms.
News
New Zealanders Embarrassed by Finalists for National Flag and Banknote Redesigns
New Zealand is attempting to rebrand itself to better convey its national identity and cultural heritage, but those efforts aren't going as smoothly as one would hope.