Category: Essays

Susan Morris|Essays

Design + Architecture at SXSW

Susan Morris rounds up the design and architecture films at SXSW, including The Queens Gambit, Mau, Lily Topples the World, and Them.

Susan Morris|Essays

Design+ at Sundance, Slamdance, and the NYFF

One of the conveniences of the pandemic has been the ability to watch film festivals from the comfort of home — no waiting in queues, no schlepping in the snow, no talking in the audience.

Laetitia Wolff|Essays

Design is Capital: Five Lessons I Learned from Lille

Useful ingredients to bring design to cities.

Elizabeth Lowrey|Essays

The Workplace Recalibrated – Hybrid Working Will Drive Everything

How do workplaces get from where they were to where they need to be?

Steven Heller|Essays

Teaching The “S” Word

Steven Heller|Essays

The Thrill is Gone: A Collector’s Lament

The thrill of the hunt has been replaced by the ease of Ebay and Etsy. The joy of the browse is now a trudge through a recent spate of online book fairs.

Steven Heller|Essays

Incompetence Is a Skill

It is a true fact that once you learn how to swim or ride a bicycle you never forget. Not so with digital design tools.

Laura Scherling|Essays

How Micromobility Vehicles are Redesigning Global Transportation Systems

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt business-as-usual, a micromobility revolution is quietly moving forward.

Steven Heller|Essays

WAR! What’s it Really Good For?

Do not be surprised by how much warfare has actually contributed to our world.

Steven Heller|Essays

Insomnia: A Wake-Up Call

“The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep,” my primary care physician told me during our last Zoom call.

Susan Morris|Essays

Utopias at the Architecture & Design Film Festival

The surprising trend in this year’s Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) was Utopias.

Steven Heller|Essays

On Bee-ing

Ever since this pandemic, the Times’ online Spelling Bee, launched in 2018, is the first ritual of the day.