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Observed|Events

Selling the Sixties

Like Mad Men? Then you'll have to see Selling the Sixties from filmmaker and Design Observer contributor Adam Harrison Levy. Screening October 9, followed by a discussion between the filmmaker and Jessica Helfand.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Let’s Talk About Women in Architecture

A panel on Women in Design, and questions about whether such panels should exist.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Just Keep Typing

An excerpt from the new book Breakthrough! Proven Strategies to Overcome Creative Block and Spark Your Imagination that involves Post-It notes, legal pads and baking. 

Observed|Events

London Design Festival 2012

Overview of the tenth London Design Festival.

Scott Boylston|Essays

Designing Design into Society

A report on the Design Ethos 2012 DO-ference.

Rob Walker|Essays

Making "Making" Mass

A visit to an outpost of TechShop, the aspriing "Kinko's for geeks," in North Carolina.

Owen Edwards|Essays

Homage to Helen Gurley Brown

Owen Edwards remembers Helen Gurley Brown.

John Thackara|Essays

What Is, Or Is Not, a ‘Green Job’?

Discordant information amplifies confusion about what is, or is not, a ‘green job’.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Obama’s New Fonts

Obama bets on American nostalgia, shrinking Gotham and picking a script.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Charismatic Megafauna of Design

Identifying the "charismatic megafauna" of design and the critical uses of their popularity.

Observed|Shameless Promotions

DOG Spottings: Apple Features Design Observer

Design Observer has been featured by Apple in the last two big product rollouts – the new iPad and MacBook Pro.

Rob Walker|Essays

The Bizarro Storytelling Exercise

The Bizarro Story Exercise: The value in thinking hard about the worst.