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Observed|Blog Posts

Craft, Art + Design Oral History Project

The Bard Graduate Center Craft, Art & Design Oral History Project is admirably ambitious.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Nineteenth Century Menu Covers

A gallery of 19th Century Menu Covers curated by John Foster.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Criticism = Love

Why you have to love design to be a critic.

Tarpley Hitt|The Academy

Speaking Typography: Letter as Image as Sound

Just as a poet weaves the intent of his poem into its sound and craft, so did Lissitzky, as designer, hope to marry intent with the typography and the design of the book itself. But did he?

Observed|Essays

Selling Shame

Southern California artist Cynthia Petrovic has collected vintage body-shaming advertisements geared toward women.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Native American Design

The National Museum of the American Indian has one of the most extensive collections of Native American art and artifacts in the United States.

Owen Edwards|Essays

For Better or Worse, This Design Endures

Owen Edwards on the enduring qualities of the AK-47.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

“Year of the Woman” Revisited: Alexandra Lange on Criticism, Mentorship, and Memory

A year-end wrap-up of my favorite stories. The common theme? Women and the making of design.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Messenger Boys, Call Girls and a Photographer

Accidental Mysteries for December 1, 2013 focuses on the photography of Lewis Wickes Hine, whose photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States.