Over the centuries, design has solved countless problems, but it has created them, too. Here, three design luminaries reveal how good design can be harnessed to do the most good. When American ...

The homes always look so unattainably perfect. I used to feel the same way years ago when I looked at -- before I banned -- fashion magazines. All those models with their perfect skin and no body fat.

When a design doesn’t work, it often draws more attention to itself than when it works perfectly. A wobbly shopping cart, a flimsy potato peeler, a puzzling highway sign: These are common nuisances.

General Motors (GM) recently announced a new discount program for its cars in hopes that it might reverse the tide of red ink washing over its accounts. Okay, that's a weird opening sentence for a ...

This column is just for you. Every other week, I’ll answer one of your interior design questions. Just send me an email with your question and I’ll reply right here. This week’s question: We are ...

If the panel discussion "What is Good Design Now?" at the Museum of Art and Design at Columbus Circle is any indication, the answer is: It depends on what you mean by "Good". The three assembled ...

When I meet Linus Liang virtually for this article there is the slightest presumption that on the other end of the Zoom will be a stereotypical tech/VC guy–the overenthusiastic type who geeks out on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sloan Leo: Community design is a funny little term and it's so right, it got me really excited about design. Let me share some ...