Design Observer

Archive
Books + Store
Job Board
Comments
About
Contact



Change Observer

Resources
Submissions
About
Contact


Departments

Audio
Case Studies
Collections
Dialogues
Essays
Gallery
Interviews
Miscellaneous
Opinions
Primary Sources
Program-Aspen
Program-Bellagio
Projects
Report
Reviews
Video


Topics

Advertising
Aid
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


Journalism


07.29.10: Maria Popova

The Language of Design Imperialism
Essay on the flawed language used to describe humanitarian design efforts and what it indicates.
READ MORE

07.16.10: The Editors

Humanitarian Design vs. Design Imperialism: Debate Summary
Bruce Nussbaum started a firestorm with the question "Is humanitarian design the new imperialism?" — and the conversation has spread through the blogosphere. Here, a digest of essays and related posts on this subject.
READ MORE

05.26.10: John Thackara

What Should Design Critics Write About?
Address to MFA students in the School of Visual Arts' Design Criticism program, April 30, 2010.
READ MORE

ADS VIA THE DECK


DESIGN OBSERVER JOBS