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Milton Glaser 'NO WIFI? UUUUGGGH': The Important Art of Complaining
A new design exhibition glorifies griping.
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Colin Jagoe 'Design Is One of the Most Powerful Forces in Our Lives'
A new book from critic Alice Rawsthorn explains how graphic, product, and interactive design help—and sometimes unintentionally hinder—humans.
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Algonquin Young Readers A Septuagenarian Artist's Childhood, in 55 Watercolors
After a career creating famous images for clients, James McMullan undertakes a project for himself.
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Laure Leber To 3D Print Coney Island
One artist is recreating a 100-year-old amusement park with very new technology.
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AIGA The Death and Resurrection of the Gastrotypographicalassemblage
The renowned, food-themed "Great Wall of CBS" has a new home after 20 years in a basement.
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Using Graphic Design to Visualize the Aftermath of Genocide and War
A new website mines data to show the movements of displaced populations around the world.
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'Retro, Cool, Loud, and In-Your-Face': The Aesthetic of Punk
How a lifelong punk turned his personal collection of flyers and zines into museum fodder
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Designing Pixels You Can Touch
Michelle Hamer's work may look like overblown photography, but her creations are the result of painstaking needlepoint that comment on an information-saturated society.
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Marian Bantjes, the Michelangelo of Custom Decorative Lettering
The designer shares the inspirations behind her simple but mind-numbingly intricate work, collected in her latest book.
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Phillipe Weisbecker My Mentor, the Pornographer
Al Goldstein, the Screw magazine creator who died on Thursday, could be a deeply unpleasant man. But he was also fiercely loyal, conscientious, and leaves behind a real legacy.
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The Beauty of Doors
A new book documents colorful entryways of New York City—and tells a story about art and urban change.
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AP Yes, Marina Abramović Is Selling Out—and That's OK
The performance artist has raised eyebrows by working with Jay Z and Lady Gaga, but her new show embraces the age-old necessity of commodifying art.
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Defense Distributed When Design Is Used for Violence
A new MoMA digital exhibit explores the darker consequences of creativity.
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Typing Out the Brooklyn Bridge
One reason to recreate world monuments in letters: to prove you can.
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Giving Credit to the Guy Who Revolutionized Movie Credits
Pablo Ferro's spindly lettering graced classics like Dr. Strangelove. Now, a documentary spotlights his contributions and colorful life.
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Reuters Art Theft: The Last Unsolved Nazi Crime
As Germany unearths troves of artwork seized by the Nazis during World War II, murky restitution laws make it difficult to repay an egregious debt to art collectors' families.
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A City Gets Its Own Font
Chattanooga designers have created a typeface meant to give the town more of a cohesive visual identity.
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George Nikitin / AP What Is Ugly?
A new book interrogates the hideous.
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The Everyday Magnificence of New York City's Murals
A new book captures the diverse array of art in plain sight in the Big Apple.
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John Madere Design's Long-Reigning Power Couple
A new film captures the dynamic that has kept the Vignellis influential for more than six decades.
