Technology

Michael Bierut|Essays

Mr. Vignelli’s Map

Vignelli Celebration: Massimo Vignelli's 1972 New York City subway map is a beautiful example of information design that was ultimately rejected by its users.

Adrian Shaughnessy|Slideshows

Publishing in the Age of the Internet

Design/Research, published by Unit Editions, are collectable "papers" which, focus on design and visual communication, from the past, by placing it in a future context.

Photo by Pieter Hugo|Gallery

Permanent Error

Photo by Pieter Hugo of Ghana's Agbogbloshie slum.

William Underhill|Projects

Map Kibera

Report on the Map Kibera project to provide navigation and information on Nairobi's massive informal settlement.

Rob Walker|Essays

The Song Decoders

Pandora, is convinced it can guide you, to music that you like. The premise is that your favorite songs can be stripped to parts and reverse-engineered.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Bloggers in the Archive

Geoff Manaugh’s announcement, on BLDGBLOG, that he would be blogging from the CCA this summer irritated me, partly because the idea is not brand new.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Anti-Enthusiasts

Design Blogs: The Vacuum of Enthusiasm, my Design Observer manifesto on what the world of design on the internet needs, lives on in the comments.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Naive Tumblr

The recent changes on Tumblr are brilliant and not intuitive.

Kaomi Goetz|Projects

Austin Center for Design

Interactive designer Jon Kolko launches a school to help designers build economically viable careers working for social betterment.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Design Adjacent

There’s a theme in the comments on my Design Observer piece on design blogs, The Vacuum of Enthusiasm, that there is little for me to say about.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

On DO: Design Blogs: The Vacuum of Enthusiasm

As part of my new strategy of writing the conversations that go on in my head, I critique design (and architecture, to some extent) blogs today on Design Observer.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Playground Apps

I wonder if the young, male inventors of foursquare haven’t missed a big market: moms.