Education

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Observed|Projects

Wheat Paste Graffiti in Detroit

Graphic Design students of Dan Sinclair at Eastern Michigan University wheat pasted their posters in a sanctioned area of Detroit

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Learning New Tricks

Harvard doesn't have any design courses, but I've found new friends in "material culture." What it's like for a critic to go back to school.

Observed|Miscellaneous

The Greatest Syllabus of all Time?

Rob Walker thinks "it’s safe to say that this scored video-form syllabus for a music analysis and repertoryclass is the greatest syllabus of all time."

Andrew Howard|Primary Sources

A Manifesto for Higher Learning

Andrew Howard, MA course director in Communication Design at ESAD — Escola Superior de Artes e Design in Matosinhos, Portugal — shares this with his incoming graduate students each year.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Nevermind the Masterpiece

What's your "Masterpiece of Everyday New York"? A broken umbrella? A shirtwaist? Discarded gum?

Observed|Projects

Destination: NYC

Destination: NYC, is a collection of 200 New York-designed products for sale at MoMA Design Stores. The collection’s visual identity is the handiwork of students graduating from the MPS Branding Department at SVA.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

An ABC of the ABCs

Were you a child? Did you read books? Then the NYPL's "ABC of It" serves as a portal back in time.

John Thackara|Essays

Green Tourism: Why It Failed And How It Can Succeed

At a conference with 300 travel industry professionals, John Thackara ponders the successes, failures and potential in the Green Tourism industry.

Observed|Events

Editorial Design. Summer. Portugal.

Taught by leading design professionals and educators from Europe and the US, the Porto Design Summer School Editorial Course is a unique opportunity to study graphic design within the setting of one of Europe’s oldest and most …

Observed|Competitions

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Medalists Announced

Today the winners of the 90th annual National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards were announced.

Observed|Essays

Educate Girls and Change the World

Girl Rising — a new documentary from Oscar nominated filmmaker Richard E. Robbins — consists of nine different girl’s stories of how education factored into her life circumstances.