Graphic Design
Sarah Gephart|Essays
A new alphabet for a shared lived experience
The design of these images comes from past work, which was a proposal for a new glyph that functions as a gender-neutral pronoun. The project was written about on AIGA’s Eye on Design site. While working on that idea, I drew multiple possible forms for this new symbol. My goal was that it should feel … Continued
Arts + Culture
Susan Morris|Cinema
‘The conscience of this country’: How filmmakers are documenting resistance in the age of censorship
Debuting amid a global swell of authoritarianism, this year’s festival standouts are stark, instructive primers on refusing to be silenced.
Design Juice
Rachel Paese|Interviews
A quieter place: Sound designer Eddie Gandelman on composing a future that allows us to hear ourselves think
As our everyday, man-made products compete to be the most earsplitting, this sonic experience designer is trading in the “needle pricks” for spatial reverb, wood tapping, and bird song.
Curated
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Delaney Rebernik|Education
Marshall “Mr. P” Pollard and The Creative School
Equity Observer
Ellen McGirt|Essays
Navigating the fraught new reality of DEI
Equity Observer
L’Oreal Thompson Payton|Profiles
Celebrating Black History, Joy, and Creativity Through the Art of Flowers
Equity Observer
Ellen McGirt|Essays
It’s Time to Find Your People
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Observed
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Black Feminist Fund
Books
Jennifer White-Johnson|Books
Amplifying Accessibility and Abolishing Ableism: Designing to Embolden Black Disability Visual Culture
Books
Adrian Shaughnessy|Books
What is Post-Branding: The Never Ending Race
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Delaney Rebernik|The Design Observer Twenty