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Jez Owen|Reviews
Branding Terror
A review of Branding Terror, a new book by Artur Beifuss and Francesco Trivini Bellini.
Philip Nobel|Reviews
Oops: Understanding Failure
A review of To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure, by Henry Petroski.
Michael Erard|Reviews
The Elements – Molecules, Atoms and Quarks – of Style
The cipher shared by great poets and the best brand namers is essentially that the littlest things mean the most.
David Stairs|Reviews
Demythologizing Design: Another View of "Design with the Other 90%: CITIES"
David Stairs reviews "Design with other 90%:Cities"
Tom Vanderbilt|Reviews
Interface Time
Review of "Talk to Me" at Museum of Modern Art
Barbara Flanagan|Reviews
Sleeping with the Fishes
Review of "Waltzing with Brando," an account of the actor's effort to inhabit and protect a Tahitian atoll.
Phil Patton|Reviews
Boosting the Urban IQ
Summary of National Building Museum's "Intelligent Cities" symposium
Josh Berta|Reviews
Cars: Pixar Falls for Intelligent Design
Cars: Pixar's greatest misstep in design, and perhaps film in general.
Jez Owen|Reviews
Behind the Zines
A review of the book Behind the Zines: Self-Publishing Culture published by Gestalten.
Robin Cembalest|Reviews
Shrink Rap
Mexican designer/artist Pedro Reyes opens a temporary sanatorium in Brooklyn.
Robin Cembalest|Reviews
Assuming the Position: The Art of Gustav Metzger
A review of the exhibition "Gustav Metzger: Historic Photographs," which showed at the New Museum.
Phil Patton|Reviews
Another Wrong Turn for Chris Paine
Review of the documentary film Revenge of the Electric Car.
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