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Archives: Design

Guest Post – Bridging the Gap: Localizing Open Science for Asia’s Research Realities

While Open Science frameworks aim for global inclusivity, their implementation often overlooks the complex, everyday realities of research communities across Asia and the Arab world.

  • By Maryam Sayab
  • Apr 22, 2025
  • 50 Comments

Inclusive R&D: Can it Become the Rule, Not an Exception?

Inclusive publishing and design practices should be the status quo and not an afterthought.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Sep 11, 2024
  • 0 Comments

Design Matters: What Should the Future of Transportation Sound Like?

Designers have spent decades trying to reduce the sounds that cars make. Now with electric vehicles, they are being forced to add sounds to provide feedback to drivers and pedestrians. What should the future sound like?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jul 12, 2024
  • 1 Comment

Ask the Community: What Do Campus Disability Services Staff Most Want Publishers to Know?

We asked Campus Disability Services leaders, “What would you most like Publishers to know?”

  • By Nicola Poser
  • May 1, 2024
  • 2 Comments

From a “Ghost Library” to a “Window on the Big World”: The Story of Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, Wellington Central Library

What do you do when the building standards governing the safety of your workplace are deemed inadequate?

  • By Charlie Rapple
  • Sep 8, 2023
  • 3 Comments

The Great Libraries of China

An architectural tour of the great libraries of China turns up a spectacular place to read a book on the beach.

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 4, 2023
  • 2 Comments

Design Matters: Critiquing US Flag Designs

How well-designed is your state’s flag?

  • By David Crotty
  • Apr 7, 2023
  • 7 Comments

Standards for Road Signs and Why Signs in the US Are So Different from the Rest of the World

Why do US road signs look different from those seen in the rest of the world?

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 28, 2022
  • 4 Comments

Guest Post — Love in the Time of COVID: Lessons in Change Management and Hope Amid the Chaos

Lily Garcia Walton discusses Silverchair’s ongoing adaptation of working spaces and policies as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

  • By Lily Garcia Walton
  • Apr 6, 2022
  • 5 Comments

Past, Present and Future: The Book (of Hours)

A centuries old genre of publication — can it inspire tomorrow’s book?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Dec 23, 2015
  • 1 Comment

The Impact of Color

A video showing how filmmakers use color to evoke an emotional response from an audience.

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 16, 2015
  • 2 Comments

A New Century of Libraries

A whirlwind tour of the fascinating architecture of the modern library.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jun 12, 2015
  • 3 Comments

The First Secret of Design

The designer behind the iPod talks about ways to see your product in a new light.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jun 5, 2015
  • 2 Comments

Guest Post: Lettie Conrad on Understanding the Researcher Experience

Lettie Conrad discusses the emerging picture of how researchers work with the literature.

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Apr 21, 2015
  • 15 Comments

Interface Design: How We Depict Texting and the Internet in Film

The display of new types of information is a constant challenge for scholarly publishers. A look at how filmmakers portray texting and computer use offers some insight into effective interface design.

  • By David Crotty
  • Oct 24, 2014
  • 4 Comments

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