After all, Y2K is the shorthand way to write “the year 2000.” If the moniker conveys a certain futuristic brevity, that’s somewhat by design—it echoes the influence of the burgeoning ...

This week, Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland launched the Nokia Design Archive, a free-to-use, digital trove featuring 700 “exhibits” documenting the company’s history, influence, and products.

Originally named the Lariat or the Motorcycle, Balenciaga’s former creative director Nicolas Ghesquière introduced the City bag design in 2001. Stakeholders weren’t convinced the bag — known for its ...

Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was), by Colette Shade Now that cultural and political analysts have thoroughly dry-pulped the 1990s, it is time to consider ...