Arts + Culture

Susan Morris|Essays

Documentaries at DOC NYC and Architecture & Design Film Festival

Documentary films were in full flourish with the DOC NYC film festival, which ran back-to-back with the Architecture & Design Film Festival.

Lee Moreau|Audio

The Futures Archive S1E11: The Recipe

On this episode of The Futures Archive Lee Moreau and Lesley-Ann Noel discuss how recipes apply to human centered design and the importance of abductive thinking. With additional insights from Xinyi Liu, Julia Collin Davison, and Jon …

Lee Moreau|Audio

The Futures Archive S1E10: The Shoe

What do your shoes say about you? On this episode of The Futures Archive Lee Moreau and Garnette Cadogan discuss the challenge of designing shoes, and the way we assign meaning to our shoes.

Susan Morris|Essays

2021 New York + Toronto Film Festivals

A review of the 2021 New York + Toronto Film Festivals from Susan Morris.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei joins Debbie Millman to discuss his new memoir 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, depicting a century-long epic tale of China told through a story of his family.

Lee Moreau|Audio

The Futures Archive S1E5: The Uniform

On this episode of The Futures Archive designer Lee Moreau and this episode’s guest host, Grace Jun, discuss the notion of a uniform, and the importance of inclusivity in human-centered design.

Jessica Helfand|Audio

S9E9: Deborah Willis

Deborah Willis is an artist, curator, and a professor at New York University. Her most recent book is The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship.

Spaeth Hill|Books

äntrepō: Volume 1

äntrepō is a studio project by the DC-based design practice Spaeth Hill.

Susan Morris|Essays

Tribeca, Sheffield Documentary, and Sunny Side of the Doc Film Festivals

A recent crop of film festivals — Tribeca Festival (U.S.), Sheffield Documentary Festival (U.K.), and Sunny Side of the Docs (France) — showcased films that rambled through cities, making us aware of the physical …

Richard Baird|Essays

LogoArchive pLAy

LogoArchive began by documenting the forms, form language, and meaning-making that developed out of mid-century modernist identity programs.

Laura Scherling|Essays

Rethinking Sustainable Luxury Fashion and Supply Chain Design

Persistent questions around sustainability and representation have long plagued the fashion industry.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Design Matters From the Archive: Miranda July

Writer, director, and actress Miranda July discusses the surreality of releasing a surreal movie in an even more surreal time.