December 29, 2016
The Ten Most Popular Essays of 2016
Here’s what you enjoyed reading most on Design Observer this past year.
Adrian Shaughnessy | 01.04.16
Books. Still not dead.
Thoughts from a publisher, author, editor, and occasional designer of printed books.
Books. Still not dead.
Thoughts from a publisher, author, editor, and occasional designer of printed books.
Adam Harrison Levy | 02.04.16
Bowie and the Beats
Process and the poem
Bowie and the Beats
Process and the poem
Michael Bierut | 03.01.16
Not Diving but Swimming
A new logo for the Met Museum raises questions about how we evaluate new identities.
Not Diving but Swimming
A new logo for the Met Museum raises questions about how we evaluate new identities.
Alice Twemlow | 04.07.16
Dodging, Dazzling, and Divulging
Design Responses to Mass Surveillance
Dodging, Dazzling, and Divulging
Design Responses to Mass Surveillance
Petr van Blokland | 04.14.16
The Future of Typography
System Reboot?
The Future of Typography
System Reboot?
Steven Heller | 04.27.16
Dashboard Type
What Type of Driver Are You?
Dashboard Type
What Type of Driver Are You?
Véronique Vienne | 05.05.16
The Invention of Desire
The Invention of Desire
What’s Bad about Good Design
Rob Walker | 05.05.16
Object Journalism at Mmuseumm
The new season of Mmuseumm speaks to our present, by way of unlikely objects.
Object Journalism at Mmuseumm
The new season of Mmuseumm speaks to our present, by way of unlikely objects.
Michael Bierut + Jessica Helfand | 11.09.16
Let’s Get to Work
We must bear in mind that democracy is about who we are, not who’s temporarily in office.
Let’s Get to Work
We must bear in mind that democracy is about who we are, not who’s temporarily in office.
Jason Grant | 11.23.16
Against Branding: Part 1 — Design and Conflict
Graphic design relates to conflict in at least two important ways. The first is by destructively concealing it. The second is by productively revealing it.
Against Branding: Part 1 — Design and Conflict
Graphic design relates to conflict in at least two important ways. The first is by destructively concealing it. The second is by productively revealing it.
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