PRI: Design for the Real World

Before the invention of the dialysis machine, kidney failure was basically a death sentence. Registered nurse Janice Bre... Read more

Robots taking over the world? Stealing all the jobs? Robotics engineer Daniel H. Wilson says we shouldn't fear the all-k... Read more

You might remember zoot suits from the swing craze in the late nineties. But for one Southern California tailor and her ... Read more

The writer Akiko Busch explains how, over the years, kids' school accessories have ascended into high style. Produced by... Read more

Graphic designer Noah Scalin created a new skull design every day for a year and posted them to his blog Skull-a-Day. He... Read more

Cubicles have a bad reputation as soul-crushing, gray boxes wallpapered in Post-its. But they were originally designed t... Read more

Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister's favorite album cover of all time is one of Warhol's notorious designs: The Rolling ... Read more

Jeremy Kinney of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum explains how the Wright brothers' wooden propeller -– designed usi... Read more

Design guru Steven Heller explains how Father Christmas became branded as a jolly bearded old man in a red suit.

Cartoon characters have helped sell burgers and fries for years. But for graphic designer Steven Heller, there's one ico... Read more