Cecilia Furlan·2d agoWeb design has a history, and it needs a vocabularyThe story of how I couldn’t name a pattern, so I mapped the whole history of web design.
VeraBuy·5d agoWhen a Chair Becomes More Than FurnitureFrom Thomas Heatherwick’s Spun to Chandigarh furniture: function, authorship and the history objects carry.
Arnaud Saunier·Nov 4Graphic Arts: The Next Mass Extinction Will Be Voluntary!Paleontologists have counted five mass extinctions in half a billion years. Graphic design has had more in thirty-five years, without…
Designe Inhale·Nov 1Before the Final File: The Proof That Changed the DesignBefore the Prompt — 09 | Colour proofs, paper and the value of looking one more time
Arnaud Saunier·Oct 27A short modern history in movable typeSome typefaces are not just typographic tools but markers of time. They carry the scent of an era, its dreams, its contradictions, its…
Designe Inhale·Oct 25Before the Click: When a Few Pixels Had to Make SenseBefore the Prompt — 06 | Susan Kare, the early Macintosh and the work behind a small symbol
Fiffy Loo·Oct 22UX history: the many phases of the (digital) buttonA timeline of the tiny rectangle that taught us how to interact with technology
World Arch Journal·Oct 22Art Deco Architecture: The Style That Sold the Machine AgeArt Deco is the architecture of a world in a hurry. Between the two world wars it dressed skyscrapers, cinemas, ocean liners, factories and…
Designe Inhale·Oct 21The Character of a Copy: When the Photocopier Became Part of the DesignBefore the Prompt — 04 | DIY posters, fanzines and what a distressed texture cannot tell us
Designe Inhale·Oct 20Designing for a Small Space: What Cassette Covers Still Teach UsBefore the Prompt — 03 | Folded paper, tiny spines and the difference between a mockup and a finished object
