Simple: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity

Alan Siegel's latest book shows what business can learn from simplicity and good design

Designers are more than floor lamps and logos—first and foremost, they are problem solvers. When Alan Siegel began his career in corporate design, he saw a problem with complexity. He saw insurance forms that were incomprehensible to policy holders and financial contracts that befuddled retirees. His first act as a pioneer of simplicity came in the form of an installment loan that was rewritten in …

Interview: Judson Harmon of ØDD

The young fashion designer, model and entrepreneur on gender, texture and his NYC boutique

At just 21-years-old, designer, model and entrepreneur Judson Harmon confidently stands with two feet firmly planted within the ever-evolving fashion industry. After opening ØDD—a boutique and styling house in NYC’s Lower East Side neighborhood—in October 2012, Harmon continued to impress this past February during NYFW with the dramatic debut of ØDD’s namesake collection, which included FW13 womens and FW13 mens capsule collections. Brimming with conceptually-driven …

Three Reissued Modernist Lamps

Celebrated mid-century designers' once forgotten luminaires brought back to life

by Adam tch As the year rolls forward many furniture and lightning brands continue to show an interest in reissuing historical design artifacts of decades past. Large or small, most producers comprising the design market now present some form of forgotten or previously discontinued elements of design. To offer an a bit of insight into this process, the following three reissued luminaire designs explore hidden …