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Observed|Exhibitions

Change of State

"Change of State" — a site specific projection on the facade of the New Museum during Ideas City Festival, Saturday, May 4th, 2013.

Observed|Books

Recent Books Received: 05.02.13

Souvenir Nation by William L. Bird Jr., Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects by Jeanne Gang and Zoë Ryan, Editors, The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science by Jenny Volvovski, Julia …

Observed|Photos

FILMography

FILMography, a blog dedicated to matching scenes from movies with their real life locations

Observed|Collections

Book Trade Labels

Book trade labels are advertising artifacts from booksellers, binders, printers, publishers, importers, and distributors of books.

Observed|Photos

Movies in Color

Movies in Color: a blog featuring stills from films and their corresponding color palettes.

Observed|Books

Recent Books Received: 04.25.13

Curiosity and Method: Ten Years of Cabinet Magazine; Norman Bel Geddes Designs America by Donald Albrecht: The Complete Engraver: Monograms, Crests, Ciphers, Seals, and The Etiquette of Social Stationary by Nancy Sharon Collins; Sky High …

Observed|Miscellaneous

Modern Pictograms

Modern Pictograms is an icon typeface for interface designers by John Caserta, a project of The Design Office.

Observed|Photos

Maddie the Coonhound

The story of Theron Humphrey and his rescued Coonhound Maddie.

Observed|Books

Awful Library Books

Awful Library Books is a collection of amusing and/or questionable library holdings found in real libraries and curated by librarians Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner.

Observed|Events

Editorial Design. Summer. Portugal.

Taught by leading design professionals and educators from Europe and the US, the Porto Design Summer School Editorial Course is a unique opportunity to study graphic design within the setting of one of Europe’s oldest and most …

Observed|Miscellaneous

AIGA Medal for Design Excellence

Design Observer co-founders Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel are recipients of this year's AIGA Medal for Design Excellence.

Observed|Books

Recent Books Received: 04.18.13

Between Page and Screen by Amaranth Borsuk and Brad Bouse; Design for Emotion by Trevor van Gorp and Edie Adams; Material Manifestations by Rensselaer Architecture, Shaker Museum Mt. Lebanon; A Topology of Everyday Constellatons by Georges …