Art
Introducing Isamu Noguchi's Playground Designs to the Next Generation
The Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens will host a free workshop on the magic of playground design by the Noguchi Museum.
Design
In Brief
The New Museum's Bathroom Nominated as "America's Best Restroom"
A national competition rates the best restrooms in the United States. Among its finalists are the NYC museum's colorfully designed washrooms.
Art
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon Has Been Shaking Up Design for Seven Decades
Solomon embraced interdisciplinary work long before it became fashionable.
Art
Imagining Skyscrapers in Iran's Ancient Architecture
Artist Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar plants skyscrapers in the country's ancient cities and villages in a surreal and spectacular new project.
Art
The Designer Who Wanted to Liberate People from Gendered Clothing
Looking back on the work and philosophy of Rudi Gernreich, who broke norms and made waves in the 1960s and ’70s.
Film
How the First Smartphone Came Out in 1994, But Flopped
A new documentary examines the downfall of the software company General Magic, and raises questions about Silicon Valley's philosophy on failure.
Art
The Afro Pick as a Symbol of Home
Simon Skinner, a Stockholm designer with Afro-Caribbean roots, is challenging the perceived homogeneity and whiteness of Sweden.
In Brief
Helvetica Gets Its First Redesign in Three Decades
The font has been the subject of a feature-length documentary and 50-year retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
News
Designers Want to Build Golden Wall Around Mar-a-Lago to “Keep the ‘Bad Guys’ In”
A Chicago-based firm has launched a satirical campaign to build a border wall replica around the Mar-A-Lago. They will donate all proceeds to the International Refugee Assistance Program.
Art
Graphic Designer Awazu Kiyoshi’s Fantastical World
Awazu rebuked modernist design ideals in his graphic art and instead engaged with indigenous culture, popular symbols, and untidy visuals.
Art
Artist-Designed Choking Victim Signs and the Creative Future of Restaurants
More and more restaurants are commissioning artists to give mundane compliance signage a creative makeover.
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News
#NopeToArms Collective Stages a Grassroots Exhibition of Art Pulled from Design Museum [UPDATE]
From Nope to Hope: Art vs Arms, Oil, and Injustice displays the work of artists who protested the London Design Museum's relationship with arms dealer Leonardo.