Year-End Design Lists 2008

The end of the year prompts reflection and especially collection of the who’s who and what’s what that made 2008 a notable one for design and designing:

• New York Magazine’s The Top Ten Designs
• Architecture critic Paul Goldberger’s Ten Best of 2008
• The Observer’s Hail the New Modesty
• Web-zine Yanko Design’s Best of 2008
• Gizmodo’s The Best, Weirdest, and Most Wonderful Gadget Designs of 2008
• Design Cubicle’s blogger Brian Hoff curated 50 Brilliant Design Articles of 2008 in 23 Categories + 40 Reader Submitted Posts

Amidst global-economy fatigue, the design output of 2008 is a beacon for what can be accomplished in 2009.