Media

Rick Poynor|Essays

The Writings of William Drenttel

Essays from the Design Observer archive show the wide scope of William Drenttel's interests and concerns.

Debbie Millman|Audio

Ben Schott

On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Ben Schott about the importance of failing early in one’s career, about how to take a politician’s picture, and about writing and designing his own books.

Adam Harrison Levy|Essays

Lost Tribes

A journey that resulted in one of the most evocative travel books ever written, In Patagonia.

Steven Heller|Interviews

Guilt-Free Magazine

The internet is wonderful for certain things. The print-is-dead conversation is tedious. It’s all changing, inevitably, and magazine sales have dwindled but I don’t think that’s because the audience has disappeared, I …

Rick Poynor|Essays

In Response to An Anatomy of Uncriticism

Alexandra Lange’s article in Print about the sacred cows of graphic design sidesteps the issue it raises.

Observed|Essays

They Go To Die

They Go to Die is a documentary film-in-progress investigating the life of four former migrant gold mineworkers in South Africa and Swaziland who have contracted drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and HIV while working at the gold …

Rick Poynor|Essays

Collage Now, Part 1: Sergei Sviatchenko

In a crowded field, Sergei Sviatchenko’s highly reductive photo-collages look like his own and no one else’s.

Susan Morris|Reviews

2023 New York Film Festival: Structures + History

A series of films used structures that had personal resonance for the filmmakers or the characters depicted in the movies.

Chris Pullman|Dan Friedman

Dan Friedman, Radical Modernist, Part 4

Dan in the Citi

The Editors|Video

Judging 50 Books | 50 Covers

Behind the scenes with Michael Bierut, Jessica Helfand, and Peter Mendelsund

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Women

While Manohla Dargis rants about the lack of women in charge in Hollywood save for Nancy Meyers, Zaha Hadid similarly represents the dirth of women in architecture.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Want to Make an Architect Cry?

Want to Make an Architect Cry? Give him (or her, but she’s less likely to mind) Robert A. M. Stern’s latest monograph, which, at 600+ pages, covers just his last five years of work.