Archive for category: Design

Design other than graphic design

Jonathan Ive: Print the legend    (2010.01.18)

Jonathan Ive drives a DB7, not a Rolls or Bentley. But how might he defend his choice of the latter?

Universal design is a myth    (2009.10.15)

Universal design or inclusive design just means design for certain disabled people. And now OCA is hiring two people to perpetuate this myth

‘The Language of Things’    (2009.07.31)

The Language of Things by Deyan Sudjic is all about flow. This is not a criticism

‘Objectified’ification    (2009.05.05)

So: How is “Helvetica 2.0”? OK, I guess

Designed by white people in California    (2008.07.15)

Stuff White People Like Despite the Carbon Cost: “Apple products”

Halves-keyboard    (2008.01.13)

A rack of keyboards named Half-. And one of them costs 600 bucks

Beautiful, useless    (2007.12.31)

Selectric, Betamax, Girl Power iMac

UnMaked    (2007.11.01)

Reasons to hate Make and anyone who likes it

TTC design charrette    (2007.09.27)

A charrette to redesign subway-station entrances, for free, for a billion-dollar corporation. Why?