history

Alan Kay describes the principles that made PARC so uniquely imaginative during his tenure there.

The history of New York City’s aggressive grid of city streets offers plenty of lessons for digital designers.

A 1922 silent movie shows off perhaps the first mobile phone, “Eve’s Wireless,” a contraption that required a fire hydrant and an umbrella to work.

An exhibition of torn poster art asks fascinatingly relevant questions in an era of online mashups and user-generated content.

Tons of cool historical design in the Paris subway is getting gutted.

I expected nostalgic photos, but instead got insight into how technology works to spark design innovation.