DESIGN

The story of “the other most hated font in the world.”

Because life jackets can't work if you don't want to wear them.

Set phasers to fun!

Corporate design is its own kind of art form, but the people behind those designs almost never get their proper due. Here are 12 of the people whose designs have left a permanent mark on U.S. culture.

Love them or hate them, we all know what these figures are supposed to mean.

Explore the graphic guidelines of NASA in the 1970s.

Go behind-the-scenes to learn how the often frustrating manuals are designed.

You've seen it a million times, but did you ever wonder why? Here's how this beloved little cup came to be.

The design stories behind the bills (including a tiff between Founding Fathers!).

This cheaply mass-produced toilet to developing nations, a toilet manufacturer is helping individuals gain access to clean, sanitary, and secure bathroom facilities.

Vietnam’s FPT University is covered in trees. A lot of trees.

A few things you might not know about these stately handwriting masters.