As cinema goes, watching designers talk about their work is boring enough. But watching designers talk about how they think? Suffice it to say, it’s no Die Hard. Nevertheless, a handful of filmmakers wants to mount a documentary on ...READ»
How the design association is advocating on behalf of designers in government, business, and society--plus how AIGA helped Gap rethink their disastrous crowdsourced logo idea.READ»
A look back at the last ten years in the design world reveals 14 moments where design changed the way we interacted with technology, culture, sustainability, and ourselves.READ»
The keeper of Google's homepage told an audience of shocked graphic designers that the company trusts user testing data over the intuition of its own designers.READ»
Forget the networking and the keynote speeches at the American Institute for Graphic Artists' summit -- for true design geeks, there's only one reason to attend this biennial creative meet-up: the typographic quiz. Some 200 ...READ»
Despite the eco-friendly cardboard centerpieces, the ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria, with its velvet draperies and glittering chandeliers was an uncomfortably swanky venue for the annual AIGA Design Legends gala in a year when the ...READ»
Instead of forcing everyone to change the way they shower in order to conserve water, how about using the natural, habitual actions taken in the shower to do it instead? That's the idea behind Oli, a line of concept products ...READ»
How much water do you use? Most of us have no clue. This affordable water monitoring device, a finalist in the INDEX: AIGA Aspen Design Challenge, not only monitors how much water you're using, but can also detect leaks and ...READ»
Growing food at home is quite trendy these days, whether using old-fashioned planter boxes, upside-down tomato planters, or the south lawn of the White House. And here's another option: An easy cultivation kit made from sustainable ...READ»
As Southern California experiences another water crisis, an awareness campaign meant to convince residents to reduce waste inevitable--and let's hope it's something better than, "If it's yellow let it mellow" this ...READ»
The raging creeks and still snow-packed peaks of Aspen, Colorado don't outwardly suggest any hints of a global water crisis, but it provides a reflective backdrop for design students who arrived here this week to tackle what ...READ»
As principal of Worldstudio, designer Mark Randall has done branding and design for everyone from JP Morgan to Estée Lauder. But on the side he's also managed a design scholarship program that has awarded $700,000 in college ...READ»
Back in November, representatives from most of the major U.S. design organizations, from architecture to graphics to interiors met in D.C. to find a way for design to have a greater role in the incoming Obama ...READ»
