Abstract is an eight-episode documentary series about creativity, about visionary designers who shape the world around us—from architecture to illustration, cars to typography.

Rob Walker writes about the new Netflix documentary series “Abstract: The Art of Design,” which profiles designers from a variety of fields.

In a letter shared this morning, Abstract reflects on his journey and on the new album. In it, he writes, “I understand that some of the fans are upset that no one is on the album but me.

The Abstract Expressionist and Color Field painter Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) had a way of ignoring boundaries.As a child, she drew a line in chalk on the ground from the Metropolitan Museum ...