The Met Explains its New Visual Identity

The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently unveiled a new visual identity that, besides a new logo, presents a revamped color palette and typographic language. The new logo—which simply bears the museum’s longtime nickname “The Met”—was immediately hit with criticism, as redesigns often are. WIRED spoke with both the agency behind the new design and reps at The Met to get their take on the updated …

How “Ugly” Food is Helping End World Hunger

About 2.9 trillion pounds of perfectly good food are wasted each year, that’s enough to feed each of the 800 million people suffering from hunger—twice. Tristram Stuart, a 38-year-old London-born activist and chef, has devoted himself to ending the waste with an event called “Feeding the 5,000”—a massive public feast created from foods deemed too short, crooked or ugly for supermarket shelves. Head to National …

Award-Winning Author Umberto Eco Dies at 84

Umberto Eco, an Italian scholar and award-winning author best known for “The Name of the Rose,” died Friday at the age of 84. His legacy is defined by a body of work beloved by readers and, at times, confusing to critics. His novels touched upon his studies as a semiotician; exploring the words, religious icons, clothing, musical scores and cartoons of various cultures. “I think …