Are The Best Designers Rebels?
Design critic Alice Rawsthorn explains why some of the greatest designers tend to be outsiders. She celebrates the innovations of unwitting designers like Florence Nightingale — and Blackbeard.
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What Can Today's Designers Learn From Nature?
Science writer Janine Benyus believes innovators should look to nature when solving a design problem. She says the natural world is full of ideas for making things waterproof, solar-powered and more.
How Can We Design For A Better Experience?
The designer behind the iPod and the Nest thermostat explains why design is in the details, and why designers often get those details wrong.
Ben Sollee Brings His Innovative Art To Eastern Music Festival
While many artists are canceling shows in North Carolina over House Bill 2, an acclaimed cellist and singer will perform tonight as part of the Eastern Music Festival's Fringe Series.
A Political Study With No Diagnosis, But Plenty Of Access
Weiner is a documentary about the fall of Anthony Weiner's 2013 campaign for mayor. The access that Weiner and his wife allowed the filmmakers is a little baffling, but it makes for quite a story.
'Eleven Hours' Vividly Depicts The Beauty And Brutality Of Childbirth
Pamela Erens' new novel takes place in the maternity ward of a New York hospital as a pregnant nurse assists in another woman's labor. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls it a fierce read.
Hollywood Stars Speak Out In Effort To Combat Gender Pay Gap
Actress Robin Wright made a splash when she revealed that it was only by threatening to go public that she was able to negotiate her House of Cards salary to be the same as that of her male co-star. Pay equity in Hollywood isn't a new issue, but getting around it by sharing salary information might be a new way to combat it.
Female Students Flip The Script For 'Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising'
The follow-up to the successful film about a couple menaced by a nearby frat house does an interesting gender reversal as girls rebel against a rule that prevents them from holding their own parties.
This Is What A Feast For 5,000 Made From Food Waste Looks Like
A small brigade of volunteers chopped up thousands of pounds of vegetables that might otherwise have landed in the dump. Celebrity chefs helped whip it into a meal tasty enough to get crowds to care.
'Little Labors' Is No Small Feat
Rivka Galchen's meditation on motherhood is wry, low-key and non-linear, inspired by the 11th-century Japanese classic The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon — and the sleep-deprived brains of new parents.