Building of the Week | Germany’s Einstein Tower Is Relatively Important

Each week, Wired Design presents one of our favorite buildings, showcasing boundary-pushing architecture and design involved in the unique structures that make the world's cityscapes interesting. Check back Fridays for the continuing series, and feel free to make recommendations in ...

Beyond Design Thinking: How ‘Pattern Thinking’ Drives Innovation

Somehow, they are working their way toward a pattern that is mathematically sound, which is another way of saying that it’s universal. The same is true in visual arts. Even the seemingly random splashes of paint that Jackson Pollock dripped ...

If Your OS Isn’t Flat Yet, It’s in for a Radical Redesign

Everyone's talking about flat. Flat Windows 8, flat Apple iOS 7, flat Google+ and Google Now—flat is the design trend du jour, yet we're still waiting for its arrival. So what the heck is it?

How Disney and Threadless Built a 200K-Person Design Team

Designers love creating homages to their favorite Disney characters (e.g., turning the iconic princesses into zombies and hipsters), but if they ever tried to sell those designs they would be faced with a foe scarier than Cruella de Vil — ...