What is design? What makes it distinct from art, science, or engineering? The editors of this site decide dozens of times a day what is or isn’t “design.” But is it ultimately subjective, or can it be ...

Occassionally, a “design celebrity” says something that starts the Design Industry echo chamber buzzing. In April, mention of an interview that Philippe Starck gave popped up in several design blogs.

*Wow. I bet this'll be every bit as exciting as watching people make law and sausage. *We'll drop by later when all the hard work's been done by other people. In the meantime, feel free to opendesign ...

The management guru Peter Drucker used to say ‘everything is marketing’. Some time ago this was replaced by ‘everything has been designed’. That’s a nice trope to use in lectures, but suffering under ...

EDA industry pundits and bloggers are latching onto a new term: design for context. So far, it has eluded a crisp yet complete definition. It’s one of those ideas that if you ask ten people about it, ...