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The Design Future of New York as Seen by Urbanist Michael Sorkin
A theorist who can’t stop planning has big ideas for his hometown on sustainability, equity and the right to the city
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The Past, Present, and Future of the Cuckoo Clock
From Orson Welles to Twitter, a look into the classic time-telling relic from your grandparents’ attic
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Landscape Designer Margie Ruddick Brings a New Meaning to Green Design
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award winner Margie Ruddick talks about blending ecology, architecture in first-ever permanent living indoor installation
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When F. Scott Fitzgerald Judged Gatsby By Its Cover
A surprising examination of the original book jacket art to The Great Gatsby
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Benjamin Franklin’s Phonetic Alphabet
One of the founding father’s more quixotic quests was to create a new alphabet. No Q included
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Macoto Murayama’s Intricate Blueprints of Flowers
The Japanese artist depicts blossoms from various plant species in fastidious detail
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The Best of Design, Cooper-Hewitt Announces 2013 Award Winners
From a Las Vegas Denny’s with a wedding chapel to rock ‘n’ roll posters, this year’s design award winners have a good time with great design
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What Happens When a Keyboard Goes From Tactile to Touchscreen?
There’s a word for that odd quirk of Apple iPads that hold on to design components of old keyboards
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How Lego Is Constructing the Next Generation of Engineers
With programmable robots and student competitions, Lego is making “tinkering with machines cool again”
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Before There Was Photoshop, These Photographers Knew How to Manipulate an Image
Jerry Uelsmann and other artists manually blended negatives to produce dreamlike sequences
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Never Underestimate the Power of a Paint Tube
Without this simple invention, impressionists such as Claude Monet wouldn’t have been able to create their works of genius
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Decoding the Range: The Secret Language of Cattle Branding
Venture into the highly regulated and fascinating world of bovine pyroglyphics
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Decoding The City: The Road Graffiti Placed by Utility Workers
These infrastructural lines mark the pathways of pipes and wires beneath the paved surface — but what does each color mean?
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The 64-Square Grid Design of ‘Through the Looking Glass’
The sequel to Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland was designed to be a playable, albeit whimsical chess problem
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When Modern Art Met the Classic Chess Set
How far can you push the design of a knight before it stops looking like a knight?
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Educating Americans for the 21st Century
Where Are the Greenest Schools in the Country?
The definition of being eco-conscious is so much more than having solar panels on a roof
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Decoding the City: The Fire Diamond
Just what are those red, blue, and yellow diamonds hanging outside warehouses and factories?
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Would You Like to Browse an Edo-Period Japanese Bookstore?
The brush to block revolution saw a flowering of Japanese popular culture that still intrigues and enchants
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How the Chess Set Got Its Look and Feel
The vaunted Staunton Chess Set, the standard chess set you probably grew up with, has its roots in neoclassical architecture
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Now You Know the History of G.I. Joe. And Knowing Is Half The Battle
The evolution of the All American Hero from artist’s mannequin to action figure
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