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Owen Edwards|Essays

Rizzoli Erased

Owen Edwards remembers the elegant old Art Nouveau building that housed the Rizzoli bookstore, just what a bookstore ought to be.

Rob Walker|Essays

Object in the News: The Face Privatizer

Tabloid-press subject Vanessa Stiviano makes fascinating (mis)use of a sun visor as media-age privatizer.

Alex Knowlton|Essays

Miami Nice

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

Observed|Essays

Charity Ball

A short film about Ethan King, a 15 year old from Michigan whose dream is to give soccer balls to kids all over the world.

Owen Edwards|Essays

A Michelangelo, at 100 mph Plus

The recent death of Italy’s Massimo Tamburini brought to an end the glittering career of perhaps the greatest motorcycle designer ever and one of the greatest industrial designers of recent decades.

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.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Lucia Eames, 1930-2014

An appreciation of Lucia Eames (1930-2014).

David Morris|Books

The Last Truly Free Space in America

The public library is a singularly American invention whose prime directive has been to protect access to information.

Anne Quito|Insights Per Minute

Anne Quito on Quiet

Anne Quito will graduate in May 2014 from SVA’s MFA Design Criticism program. In 2009, she earned a master’s degree in Visual Culture from Georgetown University.

John Thackara|Essays

Keep Your Stuff Alive

What would fashion be like if it was more than a an act of consumption with no meaning beyond the point of sale? What kind of system would improve the quality of our fashion experience without increasing the quantity we consume?

Paul Polak|Essays

An Open Letter to Larry Page

Paul Polack responds to Larry Page's statemet that he'd rather hand over his cash to Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX, Solar City) instead of donating it to a philanthropic organization.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries