design

Design for the real world: diapers

The surprisingly complex design that goes into a simple baby diaper.

Design for the real world: diapers
The most hated font in the world?

Guilty Pleasure: Comic Sans, the world's most hated typeface

Guilty Pleasure: Comic Sans, the world's most hated typeface

Aha Moment: Karim Rashid

Aha Moment: Karim Rashid
Tattooed human skin forms part of an exhibit in Portugal.

Portugal is exhibiting human skin with smutty old tattoos

Portugal is exhibiting human skin with smutty old tattoos

How a ‘Designer’s Designer’ Made the World Take Note

How a ‘Designer’s Designer’ Made the World Take Note

Cintra Wilson, Fashion Anthropologist

Cintra Wilson on her cross-country trip to examine American fashion and why the best clothing inspires fear.

Cintra Wilson, Fashion Anthropologist

Mourning Jewelry: Morbid with a Touch of Class

The Victorians were way more emo than you.

Mourning Jewelry: Morbid with a Touch of Class

This Insane House Is Like a Submarine On Land

La Maison Bernard recently opened for tours and all I want to do is go live there.

This Insane House Is Like a Submarine On Land

Vintage Valentines to Confuse and Amuse

In its early days, the greeting card industry turned out some very weird Valentine’s Day cards.

Vintage Valentines to Confuse and Amuse
Penn State Clearview test

Why did people freak when US wanted to change font on highway signs?

For six decades, highway signs have had one, universal font. Then the government tried to switch it — only to run into a backlash. Now it's backtracking.

Why did people freak when US wanted to change font on highway signs?

The Greatest Penguin GIFs on the Internet

Want to win our Valentine's Day GIF challenge? It helps to pander to our judges' tastes — in this case, by making liberal use of penguins.

The Greatest Penguin GIFs on the Internet
High above Denver's City Park

How Denver's next-generation design can reduce inequality

Can Denver continue to redesign itself to create an economy of young creatives that avoids the pitfalls seen in other rapidly gentrifying cities like San Francisco and New York?

How Denver's next-generation design can reduce inequality
Fabric from Vlisco

Not just beautiful: Infused with rich culture and history

These textile patterns merely have a serial number. But in the hands of those who love them, these quickly gain names — and deep, fascinating cultural meanings.

Not just beautiful: Infused with rich culture and history
Deepa Desoja

'Women ... I think we’re our own worst enemies' when it comes to design

Kenyan women are creating beautiful clothes, though Kenyan women seem unsure about buying them. But women in the country's burgeoning fashion business say they're not giving up.

'Women ... I think we’re our own worst enemies' when it comes to design
NZ flags

Lessons from New Zealand’s disappointing (and now complete) flag referendum

New Zealanders finally completed voting in their flag referendum, but the results may be disappointing. PRI's vexillology expert looks at what's right — and mostly what's wrong — about this proposal.

Lessons from New Zealand’s disappointing (and now complete) flag referendum