Social Good
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Observed|Miscellaneous
Celebrate World Toilet Day
2.6 billion people don't have access to a toilet. For them poop can be poison.
Rick Poynor|Essays
Robert Brownjohn: Photos at Street Level
The Victoria and Albert Museum has put 18 of Robert Brownjohn’s photographs on display for the first time.
Alexandra Lange|Essays
Knolling Your Polling Place
Knolling your polling place: for the next election, a little spatial organization would go a long way.
Observed|Essays
Climate of Doubt
A documentary on the remarkable — and sometimes bizarre — debate over global warming and climate change that has gone on since 2008.
John Thackara|Essays
From Autobahn to Bioregion
A review of the projects submitted to the Audi Urban Future Award.
Rick Poynor|Essays
True Stories: A Film about People Like Us
Ambiguous but prescient, David Byrne’s film True Stories is a classic piece of postmodern pop anthropology.
Mark Lamster|Essays
High (Line) Anxiety
Is the High Line above criticism?
Observed|Essays
Design Indaba Online FilmFest
Design Indaba's online film festival features 10 of the Focus Forward short films.
Observed|Events
Public Works
PUBLIC WORKS is a poster exhibition created by PUBLIC, a design based bicycle company with a mission to improve the quality and character of our cities and public spaces.
Alexandra Lange|Essays
Having Fun at the Museum
Blocks, rocket ships, playgrounds and balls: the hidden meaning of playthings at the Museum of Modern Art.
Rick Poynor|Essays
The Museum of Communicating Objects
Orhan Pamuk’s The Innocence of Objects is an illuminating guide to his Museum of Innocence in Istanbul.
John Thackara|Essays
How To Manage a Constellation
To solve complex and interconnected human-environment challenges, like the death of the Baltic Sea, we need to build ‘social-ecological coalitions’ or ‘constellations’.
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