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Ellen McGirt|Essays

The advertising industry has work to do

Troubling testimony from Black talent in advertising shows an industry struggling with inclusion.

Ellen McGirt|Essays

Can AI wrest us from the grip of conspiracy theories?

AI might have the patience, knowledge — and the respect — to help people with deep and wrong convictions change their minds.

Ellen McGirt|Essays

Insights from the largest-ever survey of trans people

Some 92,000 people completed the largest and most thorough survey of trans and non-binary people ever fielded.

Ellen McGirt|Essays

Navigating the fraught new reality of DEI

Despite the backlash, DEI work remains popular and necessary.

Ellen McGirt|Audio

S11E1: How to Throw a Party to Change the World with Carrie Mae Weems

In this episode, Carrie Mae Weems talks about her work, her role in public life, the intersecting crises in the world, and the power of convening people through art to confront big truths.

Jessica Helfand|Profiles

S11E0: Meet the Redesigners

Ellen McGirt|Essays

It’s Time to Find Your People

Announcing Equity Observer, Design Observer’s new editorial vertical and newsletter focused on the people and ideas redesigning the world for good.

Lee Moreau|Audio

Design As S1E4: Complexity Part 2

On this episode, Jamer Hunt, Manuel Lima, Ellen McGirt, and Lee Moreau finish their discussion on complexity and design.

Lee Moreau|Audio

Design As S1E3: Complexity Part 1

On this episode, Jamer Hunt, Manuel Lima, Ellen McGirt, and Lee Moreau discuss complexity.

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.

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

Halli Þorleifsson

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

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