Category: Slideshows

John Gall|Slideshows

The Nabokov Collection

The assignment: redesign Vladimir Nabokov's book covers, all twenty-one of them. The solution: twenty-one specimen boxes, the kind used by butterfly collectors like Nabokov, each created by a different designer.

William Drenttel|Slideshows

The Stonework of Jon Piasecki

"Stone construction is one of the most enduring traces of human activity. Any effort to quarry, cut and stack it is one that requires a powerful incentive, extensive planning and specialized skill." The Stone River project of Jon …

Timothy Jack Ward|Slideshows

Gardens and Their Designers

When I loaded up my Budget truck and moved from New York to our nation’s capital, the last thing on, and the first thing off, was my plants.

Steven Heller|Slideshows

Covering the Good Books

When reading was more fundamental than tweeting, Time Life Books played a significant role in getting the general public to acquire books on almost every subject.

Lena Dunham|Slideshows

On the Street in Tokyo

The major internal conflict I experienced on my recent trip to Japan was whether to explore the old-world — Zendos, philosopher's paths, Kabuki, tatami mats, visits to ancient spaces; or the new one — anime, arcades, bars that serve …

Adam Harrison Levy|Slideshows

Cars R Us

Woman waiting to proceed south at Sunset and Highland boulevards, LA, at approximately 11:59 a.m. one day in February 1997, photo by Andrew BushSeen in the light of the near terminal collapse of the automobile industry, made especially …

Michael Bierut|Slideshows

Invasion of the Neutered Sprites

There is an epidemic threatening our world: the pointy-limbed little people that appear in every other nonprofit logo. Death to the Neutered Sprites!

Lorraine Wild|Slideshows

Will Burtin: Design and Science

Will Burtin’s story is presented in Design and Science: The Life and Work of Will Burtin. Like all of the emigré “pioneers,” Burtin brought an amazing amount of talent and energy (along with plain old ambition) to …

Jessica Helfand|Slideshows

Cats and Their Designers

Behold: our collection of feline wonders, and the designers who named them.

William Drenttel|Slideshows

The Obama Victory

"Obama Dog Team 2008," photograph by Manuel Guerzoni, Miami, FL  Last night was breathtaking. I kept thinking in sentences that began, "In my lifetime..." "Yes we can." This simple refrain, repeated for emphasis, is the basis …

Teddy Blanks|Slideshows

A Year of Political Banner Ads

Throughout this arduous presidential campaign, the new online political enthusiasm has significantly affected the visual landscape of the internet. Perhaps the strangest symptom of this change is the degree to which political banner ads …

Steven Heller|Slideshows

Go West, Young Art Director

Cover of West, May 1971, art direction by Mike SalisburyWhen veteran magazine art directors get together to drink mojitos and reminisce about the glory years before advertising pages broke up editorial wells and when covers were based …