Like the first day of fifth grade, nerves and giggles eased as people arrived to Empax’s inaugural in-house event on Wednesday, and two hours later everyone was saying their breezy goodbyes, and leaving (seemingly) untraumatized.  Unli...

Next time you’re in LA, check out the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, home to a huge collection of political graphics–over 50,000 posters–dating from the Russian Revolution to the present. You can also see much of the Cen...

The other day as I was making my way from the R train to the A underground at Times Square station, I noticed a series of ads along the corridor. Now I usually don’t stop and stare at ads amidst a dense walking crowd during rush hour, but what reall...

Here are two technologies that seem to be on a collision course (or even as linear predecessor and successor). The first, multi-touch track pads or screens (as featured on the newest generation of apple notebooks and the iPhone) that respo...

Much has already been written about the Obama campaign and its incredibly successful interaction with young voters via its online components, but the following quote, from this New York Yimes article, really struck me:

Chuck D., 48, the r...

Last Friday a few of us went to see the Banksy Pet Shop installation. I won’t go into it in detail – you can read about it here – but we weren’t wowed. The points being made were valid, and the animatronics impressive, but ultimatel...

People are sometimes dismissive of posters, maybe it’s the dorm-room association, or the idea that they’re just advertising or propaganda, or perhaps that they’re just cheesy, which many are. But posters–when done...