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John Thackara|Essays

What Is, Or Is Not, a ‘Green Job’?

Discordant information amplifies confusion about what is, or is not, a ‘green job’.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Obama’s New Fonts

Obama bets on American nostalgia, shrinking Gotham and picking a script.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Charismatic Megafauna of Design

Identifying the "charismatic megafauna" of design and the critical uses of their popularity.

Observed|Shameless Promotions

DOG Spottings: Apple Features Design Observer

Design Observer has been featured by Apple in the last two big product rollouts – the new iPad and MacBook Pro.

Rob Walker|Essays

The Bizarro Storytelling Exercise

The Bizarro Story Exercise: The value in thinking hard about the worst.

Rob Walker|Essays

The Infrastructure of the Cloud

On the material structures we depend on to deliver us the immaterial digital world.

Kolean Pitner|Unusual Suspects

Peter Seitz

Peter Seitz, best known for his interdisciplinary approach to design and his award winning corporate identity programs.

Amelia Lacy|Unusual Suspects

Gene & Jackie Lacy

Gene and Jackie Lacy, Indianapolis-based graphic designers and illustrators practicing from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Andrew Shea|Essays

Flies in Urinals: The Value of Design Disruptions

How a disruption in routine (potentially by design) can alter the environment.

John Thackara|Essays

Istanbul: City of Seeds

Rather than dream up exotic visions of “what could be”, an xskool looks for social and natural assets that already exist – and grows from there.

Michael Bierut|Essays

The Poster that Launched a Movement (Or Not)

In the age of social media, does political graphic design matter?

Observed|Essays

James Victore's Q&A Tuesday

James Victore is presenting a weekly YouTube series – Q+A Tuesday – in which he addresses a questions about working in a creative industry.