A growing, collaborative resource that describes, tracks and explains culture, commerce, politics, media, sports, brands – everything possible, really – through design.

August 2009, Update / It's not easy to admit this, but we have sadly neglected The Design Encyclopedia over the last two years due to a combination of both simple and complex reasons and excuses that we shall not expand upon here. A big part of it is that the code behind the site awkwardly broke, making it impossible for new users to sign up and even for the site to run at twenty-first-century internet speeds. There is currently a vague idea of what version 2.0 of TDE might be like but there is not yet the logistics to make it happen.

In the meantime, you can still access the existing content and we apologize for any inconvenience or let-down in the lack of functionality and updates.

Bryony and Armin
Founders, UnderConsideration

Getting around the Site

For a quick overview of all existing pages, please visit the index, where you will find a running, alphabetical list. There is also a Wishlist where you can find another running list of entries that deserve some attention. For more detailed instructions on how to contribute, refer to the links on the sidebar under Wiki Functionality. And if you are itching to get started, please refer to the How to Start a Page entry.