Technology

Victoria Solan|Essays

Love, Optimized

Can one’s inner life be made easier by technology?

Michael Bierut|Audio

Crowd Control

Tay, Boaty McBoatface, New Zealand, emoji, and the madness of crowds

Adrian Shaughnessy|Essays

Music by the Numbers

Listening in the Digital Age

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Reem-B Robot by Vincent Fournier

The mental life of a machine

Debbie Millman|Audio

Lynda Weinman

On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie talks to lynda.com’s Lynda Weinman about how the internet is challenging the traditional classroom model.

Rob Walker|Essays

The Music Video, Rebooted

How digital-era aesthetics are making music videos worth watching again

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Viktoria Modesta by Nadav Kander

Changing perceptions of impairment

Observed|Essays

Announcing the New Places Journal

Our longtime partners have launched a strong new website

Jason Santa Maria|Essays

On Web Typography: Smart Quotes

Punctuation is a system.

Observed|Essays

Redesiging the Parking Sign

Nikki Sylianteng was sick of getting parking tickets. Her solution: redesign the signs.

John Thackara|Essays

When Tech In Care Is Evil

I spent the last two weeks in-and-around a care home in England that looks after people with dementia and terminal illness, and their families – including, this time, mine.

Adam Harrison Levy|Essays

Geek Stories

Adam Harrison Levy attended Kill Screen’s Two5Six conference on video gaming. His intention, as someone who cares about visual culture, but knows nothing about gaming, was to see what he could divine from this emerging form.