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FEATURED THIS WEEK : MARIA POPOVA Death to Design Awards Awards are awful. Awards breed ego, create false meritocracies and ultimately stymie innovation at every step of the award-granting process — from entry to evaluation to owning the win. READ MORE
CHANGE OBSERVER : ERNEST BECK Climate Change Chocolate Update Update on Climate Change Chocolate and other ideas for offsetting carbon. READ MORE OBSERVATORY : MICHAEL BIERUT James Victore: Straight Up There are two kinds of graphic designers in the world. One kind sees each project as an opportunity for self-expression, producing a body of work that bears an unmistakable mark, that is more alike than different, that is more about the maker than the message. The other kind of designer attends first to the client, to the message and to the audience. This graphic designer's role is to be neutral and invisible, an efficient conduit between broadcaster and receiver. James Victore is good because, amazingly, he combines the very best of both ways. READ MORE OBSERVATORY : ALEXANDRA LANGE, MARK LAMSTER Lunch with the Critics: Park51 & 15 Penn For this second installment of Lunch with the Critics, Mark Lamster and Alexandra Lange traveled to midtown to visit the Hotel Pennsylvania, across from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden on Seventh Avenue. READ MORE		BECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOK \| FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AUDIO: DESIGN MATTERS ARCHIVE Jakob Trollback Jakob Trollback is a designer, filmmaker and DJ. Listen >> More Design Matters Archive >> CHANGE OBSERVER: PROJECT ARCHIVE One World Futbol Report on One World Futbol produced by Hope Is a Game-Changer. READ MORE OBSERVATORY ARCHIVE Death's Bloom On Ulysses Rem Koolhaas PLACES ARCHIVE: WINTER 2009 Infrastructural Optimism Learning from New Orleans, or why we really need a new New Deal. READ MORE CHANGE OBSERVER: RESOURCES Academic Programs >> Competitions >> Conferences & Events >> Fellowships & Prizes >> Organizations >> Programs & Initiatives >> Publications & Websites >> Social Networks >> RECENT BOOKS RECEIVED Idea Selling Sam Harrison New Realisms: 1957—1962 Julia Robinson, editor The Exquisite Book J. Rothman, J. Volvovski & M. Lamothe
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