Technology

Observed|Miscellaneous

Saul Bass Google Doodle

Google celebreates Saul Bass with a Doodle.

Observed|Miscellaneous

Modern Pictograms

Modern Pictograms is an icon typeface for interface designers by John Caserta, a project of The Design Office.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Architecture Without Signs

If you can't find the entrance, there's a problem with the architecture.

John Thackara|Essays

Big, Hairy, and Agile

The UK government’s digital services platform, gov.uk, has won the Design of the Year award.

Rob Walker|Essays

Google Image Search Results, Abstracted and Animated

Rob Walker has created a video of his image abstraction Tumblr.

Debbie Millman|Video

ON! at the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati

In this special Design Matters video episode, Debbie Millman gives you on a preview the new exhibit ON! at the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati.

Alexandra Lange|Slideshows

Instagramming Around Australia

Lessons from contemporary Australian architecture, plus what I saw on Instagram.

Rob Walker|Essays

The Panic Option

A rental car's key fob design emphasizes "Panic" over all other options. Is that really a good idea?

Alexandra Lange|Essays

After the Museum: The Tumblr

To create metamuseum.tumblr.com, a multi-museum, multi-curator Tumblr @MADMuseum, I saw it as a kind of curatorial game: Show Me What You’ve Got.

Rob Walker|Essays

Branding By Numbers

Emblemetric backs its assessment of the American Airlines logo with "the data." Of course, that's open to interpretation.

Rob Walker|Essays

What Are You Looking At?

The maps of the future will tell you what to look at. Sometimes, you should look elsewhere.

Michael Bierut|Essays

Graphic Design Criticism as a Spectator Sport

Michael Bierut on logo redesign outrages, what they mean, and why we should demand more.