The MTA has some of the most iconic branding of any transportation system around the world, thanks to Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda’s 1970s standards system. Yet that’s a relatively recent chapter ...

Parsons Paris offers a comprehensive array of art and design history and theory (ADHT) courses in design studies, fashion studies, visual culture studies, art and design history and criticism, the ...

The skateboard has had a wild ride. From its DIY beginnings in the 1950s to its counterculture heyday in the ’80s and ’90s to its inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics, skateboarding has been ...

The Dagny Boston brings visitors closer to New England's rich history and design roots. As Boston’s first Art Deco skyscraper constructed in 1928, the building was designed by Massachusetts architect ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover lifestyle, art, and interior design. You're probably doing it right now. It wouldn’t be at all surprising–the average ...

In the annals of design histories, one new book is perhaps the most exhaustive effort yet undertaken. The World History of Design (Bloomsbury), divided into three volumes, begins with the pre-hominids ...

Following a competitive search, Sarah A. Lichtman has been named chair of the Department of History of Art and Design in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (SLAS). A design historian and educator ...

Offered through the Department of the History of Art and Design, the Advanced Certificate in Design History is a 15-credit program that provides deepened study of the histories and theories of design ...

Try naming an iconic Canadian designer. You can't? Here are three: Allan Fleming, who created the Canadian National Railway logo. Georges Huel, the guy behind the symbol for the 1976 Summer Games in ...

In this era, Eastern and Western Conference All-Stars wore their team uniforms (East in home white, West in road dark). A ...