The Typeface Designed to Be Read Only Once
A font commissioned specifically for warning labels, built on the idea that legibility isn't always the most important design goal.
Design
5 stories from the Design desk.
Redesigning a Form Used by Three Million People a Year
What changed when a government office finally asked its users what confused them about a form nobody had touched in over a decade.
The Case for Ugly Furniture
On objects that were never meant to be beautiful, and why that's their strength rather than a flaw worth correcting.
A Chair With No Right Way to Sit in It
A designer built a seat meant to be rearranged rather than settled into — and it's found an unlikely following among people who hate sitting still.
Inside the Studio That Only Designs for the Dark
A profile of the object designers who build exclusively for night shifts, submarines, and eclipses — environments where light itself is the constraint.