While the notion of invisible or boring design isn’t new — after all Dieter Rams’ 10th principle is: good design is as little design as possible — designing for simplicity still seems to be difficult.

One of the best-known photographs of the late Steve Jobs pictures him sitting in the middle of the living room of his Los Altos house, circa 1982. There isn’t much in the room, save an audio system ...

Editor’s note: Rich Ideas is a monthly design column by Sheila Rich of Monmouth Beach, who has been creating timeless interiors for over 30 years. Her award-winning design firm, Sheila Rich Interiors, ...

The sustainability conversation has evolved radically since I started the Designers Accord two and a half years ago. At that time, major magazines like Time and Vanity Fair were declaring “eco-wars,” ...

Management is fundamentally antithetical to leadership. This leads to a conundrum in many organizations. Leadership is to management, what snowboarding is to skiing; what jazz is to classical ...