Korean Tailors Try To Keep The Lunar New Year Hanbok Ritual Alive
A new year's tradition of wearing a new, custom-tailored outfit to celebrate the Lunar New Year is fading in Korean culture.
Art & Design
Art Installation Opens Passage To A Different World
In New York and Tehran, visitors in both cities are invited to enter a portal for 10 minutes or longer to communicate with a stranger, as though they're standing in the same room.
With Porches And Parks, A Texas Community Aims For Urban Utopia
Austin's Mueller neighborhood is a new-urbanist dream, designed to be convivial, walkable and energy-efficient. Every house has a porch or stoop, and all the cars are hidden away.
Fake Food George Washington Could've Sunk His Fake Teeth Into
Herring with mustard sauce, ham hocks, hog jowls: Sandy Levins re-creates the Founding Father's meals for America's historic houses. Just don't try to eat them; they're sculpted replicas.
Thrilled By Chills? Take A Look At The World's Coldest City
In a remote region in Russia, six time zones away from Moscow, lies the coldest city on earth. Rich with natural resources, Yakutsk is home to 270,000 residents brave enough to face the extreme cold.
In Art For The Blind, Touching Exhibits Is Mandatory
Museums are filled with signs that say "do not touch." But a current exhibition at the Museo del Prado in Madrid wants you to do just the opposite. The exhibit is designed for blind people.
Not Too Much, Not Too Little: Sweden, In A Font
Sweden's government commissioned a typeface to represent the country on websites and elsewhere. The result, the designers of Swedish Sans say, reflects the clean and easygoing Scandinavian aesthetic.
If Apple Made iMilk And Nike Sold Fruit: Designer Groceries As Art
A designer has reimagined a host of everyday edibles as high-end grocery items. It's a project that explores how branding influences our purchases — and where the ethical boundaries lie for designers.
From Soy Sauce To Bullet Trains: Famed Japanese Designer Dies At 85
Decades after Kenji Ekuan created Kikkoman's iconic soy sauce bottles with their red caps, he designed Japan's bullet train, in a career driven by a desire to make good design accessible to everyone.
Ornery Artist's Hand-Lettered Screeds Helped Him Keep The World At Bay
Jesse Howard filled his property with signs that proclaimed his disappointment with the world. The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis recently opened the first comprehensive survey of his work.