Alexis Haut

1 month ago | designobserver.com | Ellen McGirt |Sheena Medina |Alexis Haut |Lee Moreau

Tara Nathan is the EVP of Digital Solutions for Development at Mastercard and the founder of Mastercard’s Community Pass– a digital infrastructure that connects remote agricultural communities to governments, NGOs and the private sector. Community Pass currently serves 6 million farmers across India and East Africa and has an ambitious plan to reach 30 million by 2027.

1 month ago | designobserver.com | Ellen McGirt |Sheena Medina |Alexis Haut |Lee Moreau

Welcome to the 12th season of DB|BD. This season we are Designing for the Unknown. Michael Eliason, founder of Larch Lab, is an architect, researcher, writer and urbanist, and architect based in Seattle He’s a self-described activist for dense, livable, affordable, and sustainable cities and the author of Building for People: Designing Livable, Affordable, Low-Carbon Communities.

1 month ago | designobserver.com | Alexis Haut |Delaney Rebernik |Lee Moreau

On the cusp of Oscar Sunday, we’re talking award-winning makeup that gets under the skin. Mike Marino is a storyteller. And his medium is makeup. For nearly 25 years, Marino has been designing makeup for films and television series like Saturday Night Live, Black Swan, I Am Legend,and True Detective. His work is both hyper-realistic and imaginative. He can encapsulate a character’s backstory while communicating their current desires using just silicone, latex, and other practical effects.

2 months ago | designobserver.com | Alexis Haut |Delaney Rebernik |Lee Moreau

With Apple’s most beloved show back on the airwaves after three long years, DO’s film columnist pens a Valentine’s Day love letter to the ways season one used red to spell Innie liberation. Editor’s note: This essay contains spoilers for Severance season 1.

Dec 5, 2024 | designobserver.com | Alexis Haut |Delaney Rebernik

Sing Sing is a movie that takes place in a prison, but it’s not a prison movie. Instead of violence, corrections officers, and civilian saviors, it centers incarcerated men using theater to restore their humanity in a place that is anything but humane.