Niklaus Gerber - Issue #123
Creating Users, Not Addicts
We’re more anxious than ever before. Just typing that makes me anxious. Technology, for all of its benefits, can create a sense of claustrophobia. All of our devices make us feel like we’re trapped…
Really Bad Design Exercises
As we at the Wall Street Journal kick off a new round of hiring¹, I’m reminded of my least favorite practice in design hiring: the Exercise. Why do we put ourselves through it? Why do we put each…
A history of the oxo good grips peeler
Smart Design’s Davin Stowell shares the origin story of the OXO Swivel, one of the great icons of 20th-century industrial design.
Illustrating “It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work”
Every essay in Jason and David’s previous titles, REWORK and REMOTE is accompanied by an illustration that captures the key message of the essay. Contract llustrator Mike Rohde’s iconic original art…
Generative Art Finds Its Prodigy
Manolo’s work feels like it is the result of the entire contents of twentieth-century art and design being put into a blender. Once chopped down into its most essential geometry, Manolo then lovingly pieces it back together with algorithms and code to produce art that is simultaneously futuristic and nostalgic. His work serves as a welcome (and needed) bridge into digital art and an antidote for those who see the genre as cold, mechanical, and discontinuous with the history of art.