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One Idea. One Minute. One Voice.

On Monday, Design Observer will debut a new podcast series. We're calling it Insights Per Minute.

Observed|Essays

A Nearly Perfect Book

The poetry critic, the publisher, and the art of bookmaking in a digital era.

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The Art Toast Project

Culinary innovator Ida Frosk depicts the works of famous cultural icons on pieces of toast.

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Surfing the 38th Parallel

Shannon Aston is a photographer and surfer who documented the beaches of the Korean DMZ.

Observed|Books

Recent Books Received: 08.22.13

Still: American Silent Motion Picture Photography by David S. Shields; Multiple Signatures: On Designers, Authors, Readers and Users by Michael Rock; Adhocism: The Case for Improvisation by Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver; Recalculating …

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From Dance Hall to Design Studio to Dance Hall

Jeremy M. Lange photographs the inaugural dance held in the restored barn that used to be his grandfather's design studio.

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Making Big Things Out of Small Pieces

Researchers at MIT have developed a super strong material created out of interlocking small parts

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City Silhouettes

A series of photographs by Jasper James that superimposes silhouettes onto cityscapes.

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Perspective-Localized Art

Swiss artist Felice Varini recently installed a new perspective-localized street art piece in Paris.

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Recent Books Received: 08.08.13

Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna 1897-1907 by Christian Witt-Dorring; Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia by Anthony Townsend; Design: The Groundbreaking Moments by Nina Kozel; Museum of Fine Arts, …

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Faceless: A Campaign for Alzheimer's Research

A series of thought-provoking photos by designer Domenico Liberti that lets viewers see the world through the eyes of an Alzheimer's patient.

Observed|Projects

The Beauty of Letterpress

Neenh Paper has released the Beauty of Letterpress, Issue 4, designed by Mikey Burton.