Theory + Criticism

What resonates most unequivocally here is Emerson ’s plea for individuality—that iron string—the sovereignty of selfhood.

Robert Sommer’s Personal Space: The Behavioral Basis of Design was published in fifty years ago, and its compact title concept — an invisible but perceptible security zone surrounding an individual — caught on.

If designers take care during client selection, can they evade the type of intense ethical quagmire that’s only resolvable through radical action? Are particular modes of working within the field of design more conducive to …

Criticism is not always an attack on someone or something; it is also analysis that includes history, context, and other relevant factors that result in a specific work.

Does a strict upbringing make you a better designer?

The illusory bubble populated by thousands of fame-seekers who fervently believe in their own righteous, if highly fictional talent.