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Design
Submissions: Take a Photo of Your Favorite Vintage Sign in L.A.
We received almost 250 submissions for our latest Los Angeles project. Here are the top 15. Vote for your favorite by Friday at noon.
Culture
How I Learned to Hate Transgender People
Be it music, movies, or TV, American culture just can't get enough of mocking transgender people. Here's why that needs to stop.
Design
Why We Can't Let Design Become a Boys' Club
Women designers are out there, and it’s in everyone’s interest to recognize their work.
Design
Designing Women: 25 Female Designers and Illustrators We Love
Just how hard is it to find a few good women designers? Not at all, as it turns out. Here are some of our favorites.
Culture
Intermission: The Best Cellphone Movie You've Ever Seen
Shame on the people filming fights at fast-food restaurants with their cellphone cameras. They could have been doing this.
Culture
Kanye Is Wrong: His Murdered Woman Video Is Totally Misogynistic
Kanye West's new video, in which the props are murdered women, is misogynistic, regardless of what the rapper says.
Design
Intermission: These Brilliant Embroidered Portraits Ain't Your Grandma's Needlepoint
Portraits from young artist Daniel Kornrumpf updates a stuffy old hobby.
Culture
Liar, Liar, City's on Fire: What's Really Going on in That Vancouver Make-Out Pic?
The internet is calling bullshit on the instantly famous Vancouver make-out picture. We asked the photographer what he saw.
Culture
Intermission: Did van Gogh Paint the Chicago Sky Today?
Doom and gloom above Chicago makes for a rather beautiful sight. If the apocalypse looks like this, it might not be so bad.
Culture
"Snail Mail My Email" Marries the Romance of Analog with the Convenience of Digital
Too lazy to write a letter by hand? This public art project will do it for you.
Cities
Slideshow: Violence Prevention Coalition Turns Guns to Art
An inside look at La Fonderie, where a group of youth volunteers and metalworkers are making art out of melted down gunmetal.
Culture
The GOOD 30-Day Challenge: Art Every Day
We're using March's challenge to dare ourselves to make time for art in our lives.
Culture
Obama's Not a "Terrorist," But Lupe Fiasco Has a Point
The rapper's assessment of Obama is wrong, but he's right in saying that some American actions breed hatred.
Culture
Intermission: Arguably the Greatest Nostalgic Photo Blog Yet
A new photo blog, Dear Photograph, lets you celebrate the old and the new without cheapening either.
Design
Customizable Stencil Lets Anyone Make Street Art Infographics
Creating politically charged street art just got a bit easier with this new adjustable pie-chart stencil.
Design
One Is Not Enough: Why Creative People Need Multiple Outlets
The most interesting, creative people I know express themselves in a variety of ways. I used to do it myself.
Cities
In Los Angeles, Transforming Guns Into Art
A community coalition is melting down guns and turning them into statues.
Environment
Yosemite to Slash Trees for Better Tourist Views
A new plan to maintain overgrown views in Yosemite calls into question why we have protected lands in the first place.
