Business

Mark Lamster|Essays

Save the Library Redux

Could it be that the sour economy is the best friend of the good old library?

Debbie Millman|Audio

Patrick Coyne

An interview with Patrick Coyne, editor of Communication Arts, with special guests Milton Glaser and Cheryl Heller.

John Thackara|Essays

The Innovator Next Door

Whether it's narrowly defining innovation as technology, or imposing solutions on communities, John Thackara discusses the mistakes made by large companies.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Natalia Ilyin

Natalia Ilyin is a design critic and educator and ithe author of two books — Blonde Like Me, and Chasing the Perfect: Thoughts on Modernist Design in Our Time.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Annals of Branding, Redux

The design elves over at Pepsico have been very busy of late, as noted here last week regarding the (awful) new logo for the corporate flagship and the (much hated) new packaging for Tropicana.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Joe Duffy + Nate Voss

The Reflex Blue's Nate Voss interviews Joe Duffy about his work for some of the most highly admired companies in the world, including Coca-Cola, Toyota and Sony. 

Mark Lamster|Essays

The Real Thing

Tropicana has been getting a lot of flack over its redesigned juice cartons. Steve Heller called the rebranding "a mistake." Jason Kottke simply dubbed it "sucky." Let me respectfully disagree.

Dmitri Siegel|Essays

Paper, Plastic, or Canvas?

Whale tote bag, Hugo Guiness, 2008Amidst all the despair in the last few years about the slow extinction of various design-friendly formats — the vinyl LP, the newspaper, the book, etc. — one vehicle for graphic design has vaulted to …

Lorraine Wild|Dialogues

A Babylon of Signs

Installation of a digital billboard in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake neighborhood catalyzed environmental design protests that led to a proposed new sign ordinance in this city.“There is no reason…why the methods of commercial persuasion …

Lorraine Wild|Dialogues

A Babylon of Signs

Installation of a digital billboard in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake neighborhood catalyzed environmental design protests that led to a proposed new sign ordinance in this city.“There is no reason…why the methods of commercial persuasion …

Debbie Millman|Audio

Neville Brody

An interview with former Face Magazine art director Neville Brody who has been at the forefront of design for more than two decades.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Neville Brody

An interview with former Face Magazine art director Neville Brody who has been at the forefront of design for more than two decades.