DesignObserver
Writings on design and culture. Founded by @jessicahelfand and @michaelbierut. Published in partnership with @AIGAdesign.
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Climate Science Billboards — Class Action
OUTSIDE BOSTON, MA, 2019: Digital billboards in two locations along I-93 and I-95 address climate change. Funded by the Union of Concerned Scientists, these messages aim to reframe climate science in…
Public Sans, a New Typeface from the US Government
As part of their recent announcement of a new web design system for US government websites, the General Services Administration
The Design of Business | The Business of Design S6E9: Isolde Brielmaier
Isolde Brielmaier is the executive director of arts culture and community at Westfield World Trade Center.
Best Year In Space Photographs from Scott Kelly
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and…
Leah Kennedy Photography (@leahkennedyphotography) • Instagram photos and videos
3,685 Followers, 322 Following, 203 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Leah Kennedy Photography (@leahkennedyphotography)
Mitch Dobrowner Photography
Mitch Dobrowner is a photographer from Los Angeles, specializing in black and white landscape photography.
Where can a teen get a poster in 2019?
Posters are harder to come by in a time with hardly any record stores or malls or print magazines, but teenagers — and teenagers-at-heart — still need a way to turn their rooms into shrines.
Jobs: Design Observer
Observed | April 19 Spam musubi (a Hawaiian snack of canned meat served on rice and wrapped in nori) and other unintended consequences of cultural exchange. [BV] Despite their seeming environmental…
The Observatory Episode 102: The Long View
Black hole image, Dyson Airblade, Titus Kaphar, Liz Jackson, Comic Sans takeover
Why Your Brain Hates Slowpokes
Not long ago I diagnosed myself with the recently identified condition of sidewalk rage. It’s most pronounced when it comes to a…
The Design of Business | The Business of Design S6E8: Mauro Porcini
Mauro Porcini is chief design officer at PepsiCo
Much Unseen Is Also Here
A photographer drove 100,000 miles between 2011 and 2017, contributing a post-recession, post-election chapter to the mythic literature of the American road.
Culture Is Not Always Popular: Panel Talk
Join editors Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand as they discuss their book with a group of contributors
Undesigning Our Identity
It’s not outlandish to imagine that your career might end before you’re ready to retire.
The End of Satire
The toxic disinformation of social media has rendered traditional forms of humor quaint and futile.
Seymour Chwast: Few Words, Many Letters
Seymour Chwast, a man of few words, wishes there were more than 26 letters in the alphabet.
Scientists Reveal the First Picture of a Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope has captured a photo of a supermassive black hole at the center of M87, a galaxy 54 million light years away.
The Design of Business | The Business of Design S6E7: Valla Vakili
Valla Vakili is head of Citi Ventures Studio, an incubator for financial services.
Design Matters From the Archive: Anand Giridharadas
Debbie Millman talks to journalist Anand Giridharadas about his career, about a divided America, and about tech monopolies.
The Observatory Episode 101: Going West
2019 AIGA design conference, creative partnerships, Full Frontal’s Brexit video, film noir YouTube comment thread