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The Editors|Essays

A Mother’s Work is Never Done

This year, for Mother's Day, Design Observer collected photos of women designers and their offspring in varying forms: we received entries in the form of then-and-now contemporary photos, of generational divides, of mothers as children …

Justin Zhuang|Essays

Monocle Magazine: A Singular View of the City

A monocle is a single eyeglass kept in position by the muscles around the eye. The same can be said of monocle Magazine, a publication ï¬xated on how cities should all be built in style and for conspicuous consumption.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Rachel Sussman

Artist Rachel Sussman discusses her new book and explains what it was like to be abandoned without supplies — or a phone — in Greenland.

Alexander Isley|Essays

The Light

How operating a searchlight influenced Alexander Isley's approach to design.

Alex Knowlton|Essays

Miami Nice

Alex Knowlton reviews this year's ADC Festival of Art + Craft in Advertising and Design in Miami Beach.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Why Won’t My Doll Sell on eBay?

From Chatty Cathy to Pee-Wee Herman, to the movie Chucky, sentient dolls have occupied the imagination of children and adults in literature, photography, theatre, and film.

Observed|Collections

Tiny PMS Match

Designer Inka Mathew is matching tiny objects to Pantone colors.

Francisco Laranjo|Essays

Critical Graphic Design: Critical of What?

A review of the current state of critical graphic design.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

The Focused Obsession of Photographer Rob Amberg

Rob Amberg is an award winning a documentary photographer who lives with his wife live on a small farm in the same NC county where he makes his photographs.

Observed|Miscellaneous

Glaser Goes Psychedelic

If you're watching the premier of Mad Men this Sunday, you may notice some familiar-ish graphics. That's because the key art for Season 7 was created by Milton Glaser, based on some of the work he became known for in the 1960's and 70's, …

Sandra Nuut|Insights Per Minute

Sandra Nuut on Fashion

Sandra Nuut is investigating spaces for contemporary fashion curation inside and beyond the museum, and is analyzing the collision between culture and commerce.

Hala Abdul Malak|Insights Per Minute