Global Issues in Design

How did a groundbreaking group show on contemporary Islam happen in rural New England? It all started with a simple conversation. Megan Whilden, Director of Cultural Development for the City of Pittsfield, was interviewing me for a summer position in her Office through the Berkshire Hills Internship Program.

VideoAdobe's announcement that its Creative Suite of software applications would, in future, only be available via a cloud-based subscription plan has caused an outcry as artistic types the world over feel forced into making a perpetual commitment to Adobe. The changes announced are essentially as follows. Last year Adobe made its [...]

Kodak headquarters in Rochester. (Photo: MAX SCHULTE / Staff photographer) Story Highlights Kodak hopes to exit bankruptcy Sept. 3 New focus will be on equipment and services around commercial printing Shareholders, retirees and a U.S. trustee objected to bankruptcy plan NEW YORK - Nineteen months after a late-night bankruptcy filing, Eastman Kodak Co.

It's official - the New York State Senate and Assembly unanimously voted to pass legislation on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, that would finally afford child models the protections they deserve as workers in the State of New York.

Is there a glass ceiling for women in the arts? When it comes to visual art, a superficial glance by a visiting alien would see 21st-century Britain as one of the best places and times there has ever been for women working as artists. I went to Rome for my holidays.

The route that tactical media interventions such as the Union Carbide hoax orchestrated by The Yes Men takes to return to the sphere of art is usually through discourse. Indeed, another significant contribution made by contemporary art to culture at large has been the development of public platforms where professionals (and amateurs) of all kinds come together to discuss specific issues.

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has begun 3D printing reproductions of a handful of paintings in its own collection, taking art in the age of mechanical reproduction to a whole new level. The limited-edition reproductions, called Relievos, are the result of a technology developed through a partnership between the museum and Fujifilm.

LONDON - At least 40 laborers were hospitalized and 25 arrested last week after a violent brawl erupted between workers on Saadiyat Island in an incident allegedly provoked by the deportation of strikers and the hiring of "scab" workers in the aftermath of a strike affecting thousands of laborers in May.

The high-design, low-cost boutique hotel is now an established phenomenon, thanks to properties like the Philippe Starck-designed Mama Shelter mini-chain in France, NYC's Jane, Singapore's Wanderlust or Berlin's Michelberger.

Ever try to get from Brooklyn to Queens, two of the most populated boroughs of New York City? Without a car, it's nearly impossible, as most subway lines require one to go through Manhattan first.

It's been five years now since it was reported that, for the first time ever, more than half of the world's population live in urban areas. Such a dramatic demographic shift comes with inevitable consequences - some predictable, like rising housing prices and greater economic disparity, and some less so, like the rise in urban honeybee population. With growing interest in sustainability and local food production combined with news stories and documentaries about honeybee colony collapse disorder, recent changes in laws, and the growing urban population, urban beekeeping is a full-blown trend. But it's not just about the honey. The humble honeybee is starting to play a greater role in the design of urban living.

Travel back in time with this interactive map of New York, which lets you take a spyglass to any part of the city and uncover what that circle of space looked like in 1836.

The Osborne Association's 100-year-old Osborne Green Career Center in South Bronx, N.Y., will soon be outfitted with a blue and green roof. The new roof will become part of the center's green jobs training program for the formerly incarcerated. Trainees will learn how to maintain the roof and monitor its effectiveness. The roof will be paid for in part by the Osborne Association and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Green Infrastructure Grant Program (see the winners). Each year, the roof should manage more than 908,000 L (240,000 gal) of stormwater with the goal of reducing combined sewer overflows to the East River.

These last few summer months brought good sales for many as the sun shone on retailers as well as holidaymakers. As today's rise in retail sales offers futher good news, Retail Week takes a look at how each sector is performing.

Since nutritional information became important and popular concern about it grew dramatically, many food brands have foreseen this as an opportunity to build their identity. Nowadays, more and more packages show information on their main panel about caloric values, or other important product features, such as quantity of calcium they provide. Consequently, brands created a new way to talk to consumers. In Tridimage, we daily receive briefs requesting this kind of communication. The new generation of healthy foods and beverages has changed the visual codes of packaging design.

Hard-pressed to do more with less, manufacturers rely on suppliers with industry knowledge, with an eye on sustainability and validated processes.

Because package design is just as much art as it is science, there can be a wide interpretation gap between design exploration and the actual print run, unless you account for certain variables upstream in the process.

The Present Group provides an interactive look at "how artists, cultural producers, and content providers have experimented with funding and support models during the Internet Age." The scrolling timeline spans from 1998 through 2016, and it outlines the major innovations (and failures) as websites tried monetizing.