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ljlphotography/Flickr/The Atlantic The Ethical Case for Fur
For animal-rights advocates, wearing the material has long been verboten, but with demand for it on the rise, there are options that help combat invasive species and reduce waste.
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Courtesy of The Grolier Club The Visionary Behind Italics
A new exhibit commemorates the Renaissance-era printing innovator Aldus Manutius, who pioneered classic typesets and engineered the predecessor to the paperback.
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Courtesy of IBM Corporate Archives The Designer Who Humanized Corporate America
A new exhibit celebrates Paul Rand, a pioneer who re-envisioned the look of megacompanies with whimsical, colorful logos and illustrations.
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Taschen Socialist Regime, Commercial Design
East Germany's Cold War-era practice of designing colorful, cutting-edge products wasn't so much at odds with its cooperative manifesto.
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Forty Days of Dating/Flickr When Harry Met Sally Met Graphic Design
What happens when two artistic friends date for 40 days and nights? An eye-popping multimedia book commemorates a great social experiment.
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Lawrence Schiller/Getty Images The American Dreamer: A Film In Pursuit of Dennis Hopper's True Self
In 1971 the documentary project tried to access the person behind the persona. It ended up with a magnificent performance.
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VanDam's StreetSmart In Cuba, Maps Make a Comeback
Old-fashioned navigation is enjoying a renaissance on the island, where Internet access is still scant.
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The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation When Bauhaus Met Lounge Music
An upcoming art experience revisits the flash-in-the pan symbiosis between modernist master Josef Albers and an easy-listening '60s record label.
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Wikimedia How Fashion Helped Defeat 18th-Century Anti-Vaxxers
In the late 1700s, trend-setters helped normalize the distrusted process of inoculation. Today, a similar movement could encourage parents to vaccinate their kids.
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AP/The Atlantic Slouching Towards Bendel's
Joan Didion is a style icon and literary legend. In her work, fashion and loss are inextricable.
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Scheidegger and Spiess A Reclusive Logo Designer Gets His Due
A monograph gives Wilhelm Deffke, a little-known 20th-century German artist with a distinctive minimalist style, the showcase he deserves.
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Mark Podwal Illustrating a History of Inhumanity
A new collection of abstract ink prints depicts shameful incidents of European anti-Semitism that laid the groundwork for the Holocaust.
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Tusmørke Can a Video Game Help Rape Survivors?
An upcoming Oculus Rift experience tracks a character's recovery following a sexual assault—aiming to enable empathy, even therapy, for survivors and outsiders alike.
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Courtesy of <em>Works That Work</em> A Design Magazine That's More Than Just Pretty
From a Boeing airplane to highway signage, Works That Work examines the man-made world from a practical perspective.
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Sony Pictures Classics Mr. Turner Turns a Man Into a Myth, Beautifully
The stunning new biopic of the Romantic landscape painter J.M.W. Turner improvises on art history to (successfully) create art itself.
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Pedro Belleza/Flickr Why So Many Art Forgers Want to Get Caught
History shows there's glory and money to be had from ripping off the works of great artists.
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Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters How to Restore a Rothko: With Light
A conservation scientist explains how transparencies, computer algorithms, and ambient illumination can bring a faded painting back to life.
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© Ben Jones 2014 The Innovative Art of the Book-Preserving Underground
How do illustrations for new editions of Farenheit 451 or Breakfast at Tiffany's stay fresh? Artists for The Folio Society remain true to the text.
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Toru Hanai/Reuters Pre-Fall: Fashion's Lucrative, Imaginary Season
Why don't they just call it "summer"? This time of year, designers and retailers rewrite the calendar to embrace the global fashion market.
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Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters The Coming Democratization of Contemporary Art
The food industry's success in bringing elite tastes to the mainstream should be an example for the Art Basel crowd.
