Norman Foster Reflects on Apple Park, Steve Jobs’ Vision, and the Future of Workplace Architecture
Ask world-renowned architect Norman Foster what, if anything, he would like to change about Apple’s recently constructed headquarters in Cupertino,…
The Return of Humanscale: How a Legendary Analog Design Tool Is Making a Comeback
When Apple introduced the iPhone 6, the company quietly challenged a cardinal rule of industrial design. Featuring a glassy screen…
Figma Ups the Ante in the Digital Design Tool Wars with New Prototyping and Code Modes
A decade ago, the screens that captured our attention were fundamentally different objects. They were thicker, wider, and firmly tethered…
Capturing the Anthropocene: How Artist Justin Brice Guariglia Turns NASA Aerial Photography Into Permanent Artifacts of a Melting Earth
From a certain vantage point inside Justin Brice Guariglia’s sprawling Brooklyn studio, it is nearly impossible to tell what exactly…
YouTube Unveils Its First Major Overhaul in Years with a Cleaner, Simpler, and More Focused Design
Once upon a time, YouTube was simply the digital destination you went to watch a cat play the keyboard, or…
Google Retires Its Iconic Android "Blob" Emoji After Four Years, Ushering in a New Era of Digital Communication
For years, they sat upon the keyboards of Android devices and Google Hangouts like eccentric, amorphous blobs of cookie dough…
Redesigning the Speculum: How Designers Are Attempting to Overhaul a 200-Year-Old Medical Device
It was a typical afternoon at the San Francisco headquarters of Frog, the renowned design firm best known for helping…
Adam Savage Launches Savage Industries and Debuts the EDC One Utility Bag
Adam Savage is clearly overjoyed about his new bag. Known globally as a gear-obsessed designer, former co-host of Discovery Channel’s…
Converse Steps Into Technical Streetwear With Gore-Tex Partnership and the Urban Utility Line
The rain is drenching Darryl "Curtains" Jackson, coming down in sheets from an overhead machine programmed to dump water droplets…
Inside Bell Labs: Douglas Coupland Explores the Past, Present, and Future of the Corporate Giant Shaping the Internet
Stepping off a local shuttle bus in suburban New Jersey, author and artist Douglas Coupland finds himself outside a sprawling,…