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The Feminist Findings Zine Uncovers Forgotten Histories of Feminist Publishing
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How Codes of Conduct Are Combatting Open Source’s Diversity Problem
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Why Are All Video Chat Platforms Designed with the Self-View?
When Stanley Kubrick set out to design the videophone featured in his 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, he enlisted…...
Re-imagining the Design Classroom from the Perspective of Othered Identities
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One Designer’s Quest to Redesign Singapore’s Subway Signage
I was taken on a tour of Singapore’s mass rapid transit system in early March to see its new signage…...
You Think You Know People But You Have No Idea
This story was originally published in 2018 in the “Gossip” issue of Eye on Design magazine. I’m watching shimmery…...
What Designers Can Learn from Indigenous Communities Fighting Climate Change
As designers, the work we create can unknowingly perpetuate certain ideologies that have destructive consequences. One of the more obvious…...
A Brief History of “Dark Mode”—From the Matrix-like Displays of the Early ’80s to Today
Now that “screen” is a metonym for all digital technology—“screen time” a shorthand for staring at anything that glows—it’s easy…...
‘Sisters’ is a Growing Family of Fonts that Pays Homage to Creative Women
Name: Sisters Designer: Laura Meseguer Foundry: Type-O-Tones Release Date: May 2020 Back Story: If you have sisters, you may know…...
Cockroaches, White Knights + One-Eyed Monsters: Decoding Belarus Protest Graphics
In the middle of the night on August 9, 2020, thousands of Belarusians rushed into the dark streets. The internet…...
All My Attempts at Cooking From the Buckminster Fuller Cookbook
Most octogenarians might expect some comfy slippers for their birthday, maybe a nice chutney, a handmade card from the grandkids…...