Change Observer
ResourcesSubmissions
About
Contact
Departments
AudioCase Studies
Collections
Dialogues
Essays
Gallery
Interviews
Miscellaneous
Opinions
Primary Sources
Program-Aspen
Program-Bellagio
Projects
Report
Reviews
Video
Topics
AdvertisingAid
Architecture
Art
Books
Branding
Business
Cities / Places
Community
Culture
Design History
Design Practice
Development
Disaster Relief
Ecology
Economy
Education
Energy
Environment
Fashion
Film / Video
Food/Agriculture
Geography
Global / Local
Graphic Design
Health / Safety
Ideas
Illustration
Info Design
Infrastructure
Interaction Design
Journalism
Landscape
Media
Motion Design
Museums
Nature
Obituary
Philanthropy
Photography
Planning
Politics / Policy
Popular Culture
Poverty
Preservation
Product Design
Public Art
Science
Shelter
Social Enterprise
Sports
Sustainability
Technology
Theory/Criticism
Transportation
Typography
Urbanism
Water
Opinions
08.31.10: Maria Popova
Death to Design AwardsEssay attacking design awards for stifling innovation
READ MORE
08.12.10: Peter Wolf
Pet ProjectsEssay on design as an underutilized force for the humane treatment of animals.
READ MORE
01.20.10: Tony Whitfield
Prepared for HaitiTony Whitfield meditates on the assistance designers should give in Haiti following the earthquake, and in future catastrophes.
READ MORE
12.18.09: Jay Parkinson
The Road to WellvilleRecommendations for designing a healthcare system around our nation's health needs — chronic care management, prevention and acute care treatment — not history, doctors and their profitability.
READ MORE
12.15.09: Bradford McKee
Brass Knuckles and Better IdeasReflections on two initiatives to protect U.S. landscapes: EPA rules to stabilize soil at construction sites, and a LEED-like program for sustainable landscape design.
READ MORE
10.07.09: Phil Patton
Why Is Google Giving Us the Finger?Phil Patton is shocked by the low-grade technology Google uses to scan the world's books and wonders why the process is so lacking in transparency.
READ MORE
08.29.09: Phil Patton
Triple-Digit InflationPhil Patton questions GM's sustainability claims for its Chevrolet Volt electric car.
READ MORE
08.10.09: Juliette LaMontagne
Please Turn on Your Cell PhoneIn response to the New York City Department of Education's ban on cell phones in schools, an educator argues for their continued use — as mini computers that help students learn.
READ MORE
