Design Observer
Design Observer is an online platform that focuses on various design subjects such as graphic design, social innovation, urban planning, popular culture, and critique. The site features a variety of content, including essays, articles, reviews, blog posts, and academic research. Additionally, it hosts the architecture and urban design publication called Places, which was previously a print journal, and the podcast Design Matters, hosted by Debbie Millman.
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3 weeks ago |
designobserver.com | Delaney Rebernik
On the ruby-slippered heels of DO editor-in-chief Ellen McGirt’s conversation with Wicked director Jon M. Chu, columnist Alexis Haut decipherates the film’s lessons for a design community going through shiz. Wicked wears its societal allegory on its protagonist’s green skin. The 2024 blockbuster is the top-grossing film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical whose source material is the 1995 L.
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1 month ago |
designobserver.com | Delaney Rebernik |Ellen McGirt
In this installment of “Jet Fuel” — er, “Design Juice” — the first-gen immigrant and second-gen architect says the best airports for our brave new world will blend wayfinding, cultural context, and, sometimes, a smaller footprint. We ground-bound humans love winging about. Global air travel has not only rebounded from peak-pandemic plunges, but also hit record-high demand last year, up 10.4% from 2023 and 3.8% from 2019.
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1 month ago |
designobserver.com | Tony Bynum |Ellen McGirt |Sheena Medina
Tony Bynum is bilingual. He can speak the language of both business and design, a skill that makes him a unique leader in our industry. Tony is the director of the Institute for Design’s new ID Academy, where he is also a professor of practice. Previously, he founded the Northwestern Mutual Design Thinking Center of Excellence in Milwaukee, WI where he was Principal Senior Director of Experience Design.
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1 month ago |
designobserver.com | Delaney Rebernik |Ellen McGirt
We are the humans. We speak for the trees. Sometimes, out both sides of our mouths. Forests have always borne our mark, carved as indelibly as initials on a tree trunk.
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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.
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