Opinion
Dancing and demolition in old Beijing
The destruction of ancient Chinese alleyways undermines the Olympic ideals of harmony and progress In…
Another way to draw the line
As long as design education maintains its focus on a narrow, aesthetics-based curriculum, it cannot…
Body of work (65)
Extraordinary content and sensitive design establishes the Wellcome Collection as one of London’s essential museum stops
Editorial Eye 65
Talking about design is not the same as writing about design, and blogging is somewhere in…
My (red and) white bicycle (Web only)
Barcelona's Bicing is a triumph, but its logo seems to have been improvised with a magic marker.
Comfortably Numb (64)
Tyler Brûlé's high-flying monthly promises a cool, global perspective, but its attitudes to consumption are grounded in the 1980s
Messy medium
Social media is shifting message-making away from mass media and into the hands of multiple users.
The writing on the gallery wall (Web only)
Sara Fanelli’s hand-lettering makes the Tate Modern more user-friendly, but what does it say about the art inside?
Being good
When designers start to question what words such as ‘good’ and ‘bad’ and ‘soul’ really mean, they can’t avoid ethics. And that’s no bad thing.
What do we call ourselves now?
In a world of brand specialists and information architects, is it enough to call ourselves ‘graphic designers’ without sounding either overly specialised or obsolete?