Ellen McGirt

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Ellen McGirt|The Design Observer Twenty

Dr. Ismail D. Badjie

An innovative model delivers dignified, community-centered preventive health services in The Gambia.

Ellen McGirt|The Design Observer Twenty

Henry Timms

A cultural institution expands the canon of classical art to become affordable, relevant, and accessible to everybody.

Ellen McGirt|The Design Observer Twenty

Halli Þorleifsson

The Icelandic designer and entrepreneur is transforming his country — and soon the world.

Ellen McGirt|The Design Observer Twenty

Dr. Dima Gazda

Bringing elegant design, inclusion, and responsible AI to the field of prosthetics.

Ellen McGirt|The Design Observer Twenty

Alison Mears + Jonsara Ruth

Giving architects and designers the tools they need to remove the toxic chemicals in affordable housing and beyond.

Cindy Chastain|Conversations

Design Observer x Mastercard

For three days in March, we gathered with some sixty people—designers and scholars, social entrepreneurs and independent consultants, creative leaders and senior practitioners from across a range of industries—to discuss the …

Jessica Helfand|Audio

S9E11: Avery Willis Hoffman

Avery Willis Hoffman is a writer, director, producer, and curator. Hoffman recently joined Brown University as the inaugural artistic director of the Brown Arts Initiative.

Jessica Helfand|Audio

S9E10: Quemuel Arroyo

Quemuel Arroyo is the first ever chief accessibility officer at the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority.

Jessica Helfand|Audio

S9E9: Deborah Willis

Deborah Willis is an artist, curator, and a professor at New York University. Her most recent book is The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship.