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Observed|Essays

Announcing the New Places Journal

Our longtime partners have launched a strong new website

The Editors|Essays

50 Books/50 Covers 2013 Winners Announced

2013's submissions ranged from the conventional to the radical.

Rick Poynor|Essays

Posters by Hans Hillmann for Jean-Luc Godard’s Films

The work of a master of cinematic graphic design

Rick Poynor|Essays

Tracking the Locations of J.G. Ballard’s Super-Cannes

A photo-essay on the futuristic marina and business park in the south of France that inspired Ballard’s disquieting fantasy about corporate crime

Rob Walker|Essays

Assignments for Yourself

A designer's book of self-assignments prompts us to learn by going "beyond what is asked" in our workaday professional lives.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Book Review: The True Gospel Preached Here

Margaret’s Grocery: part grocery, part church. And the subject of a new photo documentary book.

Steven Heller|Essays

Confessions of a Frustrated Newsprint Lover

I’ve held on devotedly to newsprint as long as humanly possible but I recently reached the point where my loyalty gave way to expedience.

Michael Bierut|Essays

Thoughts on “Thoughts on Design”

On Paul Rand’s 96-page masterpiece, “Thoughts on Design.”

Rick Poynor|Essays

The Mysteries of France:
A Gothic Guidebook

Guide de la France mystérieuse, illustrated by Roman Cieslewicz, is a surreal beast of a travel book.

Jan Almquist|Essays

Perceiving Deeply

On Teaching to See, A film by Andrei Severny; produced by Edward Tufte.

John Bertram|Essays

These Events Did Not Occur in Black and White

The history of cover design for This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.

The Editors|Essays

The New Design Observer

Welcome to the New Design Observer.