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Wangechi Mutu: I'm interested in how the eye can trick you

The Nairobi-born artist tells us about the making of her first video animation, "The End of Eating Everything". >
An app for allergy sufferers

Two graduates of Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design have designed an early warning system that connects a special sensor to your smartphone. >
Victoria Hayes is ready for battle

She graduated from Parsons with a collection inspired by samurai armour. Now she’s taking on the New York City fashion world. >
A boot camp for your fingers

Masashi Kawamura has some fun designing a series of games to get users' fingers ready for the new Intel-powered tablets. >
Shining a light on workers’ safety

The new Halo Light is a multi-task light that ensures construction workers are visible from 600 metres away. >
Design advice from New York

Three New York design legends share lessons from their careers in graphic design. >
Jessica Hische - Like Knows Like

This short film takes a revealing look at American typographer Jessica Hische's everyday life. >
A haunted, handmade world

Artist Ali Aschman makes emotionally layered animations using handmade puppets and paper cut-outs. >
A brief personal history of illustration

The legendary graphic designer Seymour Chwast gives us a bird's-eye view of the period styles that have shaped the industry. >
There’s no place like here: Brazenhead Books

A short movie about a secret second-hand bookshop and its determined owner. >
Well-heeled

"Killer Heels" at the Brooklyn Museum explores the cultural history of the high heel. >
Stephen Doyle: Magic, nonsense and macramé

The New York-based graphic designer's love for words is so big, he's not content to leave them on the page. >
Milton Glaser's "10 Things I Have Learnt"

The celebrated graphic designer on the limits of being professional, why style is not to be trusted and other career (and life) lessons. >
Resetting the rules in advertising

Efficiency has become more of a priority than creativity, says award-winning Brazilian adman PJ Pereira. >
Subway reading

The NYC Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual, a feat of design brilliance by Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda, is about to be turned into a book. >
How to create a portfolio that will get you hired

Industrial designer Amina Horozic shares some of the insights from her new book "Breaking In" on how to create a winning showcase of your work. >
Battle of the Jazz Guitarist

This short film by Mark Columbus is a twisting but sincere portrayal of the complex relationship between father and son. >
A multilingual typeface

Azer, co-designed by Wael Morcos, is a family of fonts that can be used in Arabic script, English and Latin variations. >
Adventures in Venture Land

Steven Heller and Lita Talarico, co-founders and co-chairs of SVA's MFA Design programme, tell us why today's designers need to also think like entrepreneurs. >
A hand-drawn music video

Stefan Bucher's perfectly flowing animation of this music video belies the painstaking work behind it. He tells us about the ups and downs of making it. >
Bamboo engineering

Building with bamboo is not new but researchers at MIT are exploring new ways of creating construction products from the sustainable resource. >
Joy McKinney: Studies in awkwardness

This photographer puts herself in awkward social positions to challenge the socially accepted boundaries between people. >
Casey Neistat: The maverick filmmaker

Meet the YouTube sensation who is redefining what it means to be a filmmaker. >
A helping hand

A new smart tool from MIT Media Lab is blurring the lines between handmade and digital technology. But that's not a bad thing. >

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