Art
Japanese Playgrounds at Night
Photographer Kito Fujio has spent the last three years traveling his country to capture its playful, surreal, and organic playground equipment.
Design
Art
A Fallen Brooklyn Elm Shaped into Objects That Reflect on Immigration
The Witness Tree Project asked RISD students to design objects reflecting on immigration, made from a fallen 150-year-old elm in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
Art
A Design Firm That’s Quietly Permeated Pop Culture
At the Henry Ford museum, an exhibition on House Industries conveys the invisible yet powerful reach of design.
Art
A Smog-Eating Bike May Soon Cruise Beijing’s Streets
Studio Roosegaarde is teaming with the Chinese bike-sharing program Ofo to bring bicycles that inhale smog to Beijing.
Art
The Novelty and Excess of American Design During the Jazz Age
Through over 400 objects, the Cooper Hewitt's dynamic Jazz Age exhibition highlights 1920s American design.
Art
A Moss Wall with the Pollution-Eating Power of 275 Trees
The CityTree is a pop-up moss wall capable of consuming as much air pollution in an urban environment as a small forest.
Art
Midcentury Modern Design and the Anxiety of Selling Out
Behind each innovation of the period was a negotiation between a company's needs and a designer's creativity.
Art
When Wrong Goes Right: 30 Creative Museum 404 Error Pages
404 pages are the dead ends of the internet, but some museums are using them for a bit of playful audience engagement.
Art
From a Depression-Era Mural to Modern-Day Devices, Charting the Rise of Radio
The centerpiece of the Cooper Hewitt's The World of Radio exhibition is a rarely seen, 16-foot-long mural that broadcasts moments from the medium's early history.
Art
Participatory Stool Making, Reclaimed Materials, and More at Collective Design Fair
Opening today, the 2017 edition of the fair features furniture, lighting fixtures, functional design, and photography from almost 30 international exhibitors.
Books
Remixing Six Centuries of Iconic Graphic Designs
In a new book, Phaidon considers the unexpected and deliberate connections between 500 of our most recognizable images.
Books
A Designer’s 1977 Road Map to Better Visual Literacy Gets Rereleased
A new edition of George Nelson's How to See shows that his guide to the human-made landscape is as relevant as ever.