Technology

Jean W. Rosenthal|Case Studies

Project Masiluleke: Texting and Testing to Fight HIV/AIDS in South Africa

Summary of Project Masiluleke case study describing design process for fighting HIV/AIDS in South Africa.

Jane Margolies|Projects

My Block NYC

My Block NYC, a new video-mapping website, invites residents, tourists and videographers to upload clips they’ve taken on the streets of New York.

Rick Poynor|Essays

The House That Design Journalism Built

Printed design magazines continue to fail and close. Where does that leave design writing and criticism?

Phil Patton|Reviews

Boosting the Urban IQ

Summary of National Building Museum's "Intelligent Cities" symposium

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Would You Like Words With That?

A meditation on how we shop, organize and get rid of stuff online.

Rick Poynor|Essays

The Dictionary as Art Concept

A new Magritte exhibition catalogue is not the first to take the form of a dictionary. How important is originality when it comes to book design?

John Thackara|Essays

Geeked-out Gardening

A “computer that runs your garden” also known as an Automated Garden Facility (AGF), also known as Garduino.

Rob Walker|Essays

Dedigitization

“Digital goods” are increasingly seen as having real value. Increasingly, though, things from the digital world are crossing over into physical manifestations that can be bought and sold.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

An Atlas of Possibility

The Institute for Urban Design's By the City/For the City project provokes crowd-sourced possibilities for New York's future.

Maria Popova|Interviews

A Voice for LGBTQ in the Middle East

Interview with Esra'a Al Shafei, founder of Ahwaa, a portal for LGBTQ issues in the Middle East

Rick Poynor|Essays

A Dream World Made by Machines

Adam Curtis’s All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace is a complex, demanding, audacious piece of television.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Vicarious Thrifting, via Twitter

On the lively, effective and erudite thrifting community on Twitter.