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Rob Walker|Essays

Personal Packaging

Fondly revisiting the look and feel of the mixtape.

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Debbie Millman|Audio

Terry Teachout

Terry Teachout discusses the early days of blogging, the poetics of theater and what it's like to be a drama critic for The Wall Street Journal.

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Rick Poynor|Essays

From the Archive: Brian Eno, Artist of Light

An early profile of ambient musician and producer Brian Eno’s parallel career as a visual artist.

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Rick Poynor|Essays

Soft Machine’s Dysfunctional Mechanism

An alternative cover for the French release of The Soft Machine’s first album alludes to the history of the machine in 20th-century art.

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Observed|Collections

Classic Albums Reimagined as Books

Christophe Gowans re-imagines well-known album covers as book jackets.

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Observed|Events

Speculative Sound Performance

On Tuesday, November 27, at Apexart in NYC: an exercise in sonic branding.

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Rob Walker|Essays

On Dapper Dan

A look at the spectacular logo-remix aesthetic of rap-culture style pioneer Dapper Dan.

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Rick Poynor|Essays

True Stories: A Film about People Like Us

Ambiguous but prescient, David Byrne’s film True Stories is a classic piece of postmodern pop anthropology.

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Rick Poynor|Essays

It’s Smart to Use a Crash Test Dummy

The image of the crash test dummy has traveled from the subcultural fringes to the pop culture mainstream.

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Rick Poynor|Essays

Brian Eno’s “Music for Films”

On Brian Eno and a competition to design an alternative sleeve for Music for Films

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Rick Poynor|Essays

From the Archive: Graphic Metallica

Heavy metal’s extremity, as a set of aesthetic choices and as a way of life, exerts an enduring fascination.

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Debbie Millman|Audio

Roman Mars

Radio producer Roman Mars discusses the connection between ’zines and radio, why he ditched science and the reason he named his show “99% Invisible”.

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Ellen McGirt

The Design Observer annual gift guide!

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Cinema

Alexis Haut

‘The creativity just blooms’: “Sing Sing” production designer Ruta Kiskyte on making art with formerly incarcerated cast in a decommissioned prison

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Democracy

Sheena Medina

What now?

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Aimee Allison

Make a Plan to Vote ft. Genny Castillo, Danielle Atkinson of Mothering Justice