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Figma's decade of design, image courtesy of Figma
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The Decade of Design

Figma interviewed a dozen experts, including Big Medium’s Josh Clark, to chronicle the rise of design in the past decade—and what comes next.
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Consider the Beer Can

In 1964, John Updike bemoaned the arrival of the modern beer can, offering food for thought to designers who would disrupt familiar experiences.
Xerox PARC c. 1975
principles

Alan Kay’s Answer to What Made Xerox PARC Special

Alan Kay describes the principles that made PARC so uniquely imaginative during his tenure there.
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Touch Means a New Chance for Radial Menus

Radial menus are suddenly in vogue, but it’s not just passing fashion. For touch, this is good interaction design.
Flatiron
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Grids, Design Guidelines, Broken Rules, and the Streets of New York City

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

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.
Villeglé, rue de la Biche, Saint Denis (1963)
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Jacques Villeglé: The Original Mashup

An exhibition of torn poster art asks fascinatingly relevant questions in an era of online mashups and user-generated content.
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Design Treasures Found and Lost in the Paris Métro

Tons of cool historical design in the Paris subway is getting gutted.
Vu - Marlene Dietrich
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Vu Magazine: Photos, Robots and Cutting-Edge Design

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