Lee Moreau + Judith Anderson | The Futures Archive
The Futures Archive S1E4: The Chair
Tucker Viemeister | Books
Drama
Debbie Millman | Design Matters with Debbie Millman
Nick Offerman
Jessica Helfand + Ellen McGirt | The Design of Business | The Business of Design
S9E12: Jessica Helfand + Ellen McGirt
Steven Heller | Essays
The Thrill is Gone: A Collector’s Lament
Susan Yelavich | Books
Beings: Unruly Things, Golems, Cyborgs
Susan Morris | Essays
Observed at Hot Docs 2021
Adrian Shaughnessy | Essays
Are JPEGs the New Album Covers?
Jessica Helfand + Ellen McGirt | Audio
S9E2: Melanie Keen
The Editors | Terms of Service
Terms of Service: February Edition
The Editors | Watch This Space
Design Observer Community Session: Barbara Glauber
The Editors | Terms of Service
Terms of Service: June 2021
Eugenia Bell | Essays
Eliot Noyes
Harriet Gridley | Terms of Service
Terms of Service: March Edition
Jessica Helfand | From Our Archive
Total Recall
Jason Grant | Essays
Against Branding: Part 1 — Design and Conflict
Adrian Shaughnessy | Books
Impact
Steven Heller | Essays
WAR! What’s it Really Good For?
Kaleena Sales | Terms of Service
Teaching Black Designers
| Books
Covering Black America
Adrian Shaughnessy | Essays
Books. Still not dead.
Jessica Helfand | Essays
Why Write About Graphic Design?
Susan Morris | Essays
Design + Architecture at SXSW
Augusta Pownall | Books
Rational Simplicity: Rudolph de Harak, Graphic Designer
Alexandra Lange | Essays
Dot Supreme
Sean Adams | Books
How Design Makes Us Think
Connect 4 | Audio
Man-Wai Cheung and Angel Blanco: “Mom, Dad, I Want to Be a Designer”
| Books
Sign Painting


Observed | October 29

Black students make up only 9% of enrollment at 96 schools teaching art and design in the United States. But thanks to D’Wayne Edwards, that is about to change. [JH]

At just 61 years old, Nigeria is still an emerging nation—and it’s a hotbed of design. [JH]

Humor, art, activism: discuss amongst yourselves. [JH]

What do the words “design” and “delicatessen” have in common? You’re about to find out! [JH]


Observed | October 26

Graphic designers will swoon to see Ricky Jay’s collection, which will be auctioned this week at Sotheby’s in New York. [JH]


Observed | October 22

Elizabeth Diller interprets Edmund de Waal’s book, “The Hare With Amber Eyes” as a cabinet of curiosities. The exhibition opens at The Jewish Museum in New York on November 19. [JH]


Observed | October 15

Karim Rashid opines on the harsher realities of a life in design. [JH]

Richard Schultz, American pioneer of modernist furniture, dies at 95. [JH]

Pixar movies, and the subtleties of dystopian cities. [JH]

In celebration of their relaunch Print magazine comissioned a wonderful video that you should watch. [BV]


Observed | October 01

Adnan Lotia recreates iconic album covers with ... Lego. [JH]

Designers Verònica Fuerte and Sebastián Londoño turn circles into an international design language. [JH]

Jim Jarmusch, collage artist. [JH]

Posted without comment. [JH]



Jobs | November 05