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Observed|Miscellaneous

Special Summer Series of Design Matters with Debbie Millman

The special series will include interviews with Michael Rock, Jean-Louis Cohen, Brenda Danilowitz and Phillip Tiongson, Harmut Essinger and Leon Krier.

Observed|Miscellaneous

Design Observer on Apple

A quick Design Observer cameo in the MacBook Pro video.

Observed|Ob-Deviations

My 3-D Life

Meanwhile, what’s to stop me from printing some caviar, or an Oscar? A pony? Or a Porsche? Musings on what to print on your home 3-D printer.

Observed|Photos

Hand-Painted Saws

Vault49, a New York-based design studio, hand-painted saws as part of an artistic project they call (Sub)Prime Cuts.

Observed|New Ideas

Guns and Design

Firearms are culturally significant objects and complex tools of meaning that can, perhaps, provide insight into the interconnection of people, objects, and society.

Observed|Books

Flowering Pages

A little-known but remarkable collection of treasures from The Garden Club of America illustrates the activities of the premier American gardening association over the course of a century.

Observed|Essays

When Google Earth Goes Wrong

Clement Valla is an artist in Brooklyn, New York who discovers and collects ‘anomalies’ within the Google Earth system in his ongoing series entitled Postcards from Google Earth.

Observed|Collections

Flickr Collection of the Week: Auto Anthropology

Cars in their natural habitats — the Auto-Anthropology group on Flickr.

Observed|Events

Transform 2013: Design Innovation in Healthcare

Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation Transform Symposium will take place September 8-10 2013, in Rochester, MN.

Observed|Miscellaneous

The Man in Black, On Your Envelope

On June 5, 2013, the US Post Office issues a new stamp designed by Greg Breeding featuring Johnny Cash.

Observed|Competitions

AIGA (Re)design Awards

The AIGA (Re)design Awards is an international graphic design competition celebrating the most influential designs that advocate for strong communities, sustainable environments and thriving economies.

Observed|Books

Designing in a Complex World

John Thackara's In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World has just been published in Spanish by the fabulous folks at Editorial Disegnio in Mexico City.