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Observed|Interviews

Artisinal Advertising

The book, the movie and a new interview.

Observed|Miscellaneous

Design Issues Covers

MIT Press has posted a gallery of Design Issues covers from 1984-present on Pinterest.

Observed|Gallery

Very Cool Playgrounds

Over on Wired, Liz Stinson profiles Monstrum, a Danish design studio that specializes in fantastic wooden playgrounds.

Observed|Projects

Four New Typefaces

MuirMcNeil have released four new parametric typeface systems: Panopticon, Intersect, Nine and Interact.

Observed|Blog Posts

Craft, Art + Design Oral History Project

The Bard Graduate Center Craft, Art & Design Oral History Project is admirably ambitious.

Observed|Miscellaneous

A Secret Art Show Inside a Condemned NYC Apartment Building

The show, called Surplus Candy, was the brainchild of street artist Hanksy.

Observed|Miscellaneous

Weekly Wrap-Up + Preview: January 18, 2014

This was a week of beginnings and endings on Design Observer.

Observed|Essays

Selling Shame

Southern California artist Cynthia Petrovic has collected vintage body-shaming advertisements geared toward women.

Observed|Books

These Collages Blur the Lines of Reality

Daniel Gordon is an artist and author living and working in Brooklyn. His work is the subject of three booksand a profile this week on Wired.

Observed|Miscellaneous

Weekly Wrap-Up: January 11, 2014

A review of the past week on Design Observer and a preview of what's to come next week.

Observed|Books

Recent Books Received: 01.03.14

Collaborative Media: Production, Consumption, and Design Interventions by Jonas Löwgren and Bo Reimer; The Petropolis of Tomorrow by Neeraj Bhatia and Mary Casper; Oitoemponto: Architecture & Intérieurs by Marie …

Observed|Essays

A Sculpture on the Moon

Slate has a fascinating article about artist Paul van Hoeydonck and his three-and-a-half inch scultpure, Fallen Astronaut that was (and still is) exhibited on the moon.