Lilly Smith

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Lawrence Azerrad

It‘s June, and you know what that means—the unofficial kick-off of summer concert season. This month, we examine design and music, and why fans everywhere benefit when these creative industries work in concert.

James Cartwright|Essays

Flipping the Script

How two progressive organizations, Tactical 2017 and Flippable, use open-source data and strategic voting, and why that might dictate the future of our elections.

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Jamer Hunt

“And it’s likely the case that most design criticism today focuses on ideology more than aesthetics, as we’re going through a period of long-overdue self-scrutiny.”

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Molly Heintz

Labeling design, or anything, “good” is a slippery slope—good for whom?

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Artifact: 2000 Palm Beach County Ballot

This article is the first in a new and ongoing Design Observer series, Artifact, which takes one piece out of AIGA’s Design Archives and asks a design expert in the topic being observed to reflect on its current impact in the …

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Andrew Blauvelt

Criticism allows for self-reflection, and that is necessary when we use words like discipline and field to talk about design.

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Alice Twemlow

“Of course design criticism is still relevant—it just inhabits formats that we might be less familiar with.”

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Karin Fong

“A bit of uncertainty is good for the design process. I would hate to be trapped in the sureness of my own thoughts.”

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Double or Nothing: Can designers erase the gender pay gap?

On Equal Pay Day, Heather Stern, Emily Oberman, and Laura Kunkel, leaders of the new AIGA Women Lead campaign Double or Nothing, talk about what they’re doing to make the gender pay gap a thing of the past.

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Deva Pardue

“I don’t believe that being an artist or a designer by definition makes you an activist. I think the responsibility arises when you have something relevant to say.”

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Lindsay Peoples

Celebrating Women’s History month and how to better design for inclusivity with The Cut’s fashion market editor, Lindsay Peoples.

Lilly Smith|Interviews

Chain Letters: Julian Alexander

What made Julian Alexander become a designer, and what was it like working with 50 Cent during the start of his career?