The visual language of modern design, the diagonal red bars, the sans-serif type, the geometric photomontage, was invented in Moscow between 1921 and 1932 by a small group of artists who were...
Otl Aicher created the visual language that the world now reads without thinking. The small stick figure on every airport bathroom door. The pictograms that direct travelers to the stairs, the telephone,...
Naoto Fukasawa is one of the world’s most influential designers—yet his greatest achievement is creating objects you never consciously notice. From the iconic MUJI wall-mounted CD player to the INFOBAR phone that...
Jasper Morrison believes the best design is the design you don’t notice at all. Born in London in 1959, Morrison has spent his career creating objects so perfectly resolved they seem inevitable....
For more than two decades, Jony Ive shaped how billions of people interact with technology. As Apple’s Chief Design Officer, he helped define the visual and physical language of the iMac, iPod,...
Bauhaus Documentary mentioned in video: Walter Gropius was one of the most renowned designers and architects of the early 20th century. His influence can be seen to this day in many areas...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was an architect and designer from the early 1900s who was extremely influential in both fields as well as in the development of modernism, the international style,...