Design Juice
L’Oreal Thompson Payton|Books
Less is liberation: Christine Platt talks Afrominimalism and designing a spacious life
When the author and advocate learned to live with — and do — less, she found so much more.
Arts + Culture
Alexis Haut|Cinema
About face: ‘A Different Man’ makeup artist Mike Marino on transforming pretty boys and surfacing dualities
On the cusp of Oscar Sunday, we’re talking award-winning makeup that gets under the skin.
Sustainability
Delaney Rebernik|Books
Head in the boughs: ‘Designed Forests’ author Dan Handel on the interspecies influences that shape our thickety relationship with nature
We are the humans. We speak for the trees. Sometimes, out both sides of our mouths.
Curated
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Equity Observer
Delaney Rebernik|Education
Marshall “Mr. P” Pollard and The Creative School
Equity Observer
Ellen McGirt|Essays
Navigating the fraught new reality of DEI
Equity Observer
L’Oreal Thompson Payton|Profiles
Celebrating Black History, Joy, and Creativity Through the Art of Flowers
Equity Observer
Ellen McGirt|Essays
It’s Time to Find Your People
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Observed
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The Design Observer Twenty
Delaney Rebernik|The Design Observer Twenty
Black Feminist Fund
Books
Jennifer White-Johnson|Books
Amplifying Accessibility and Abolishing Ableism: Designing to Embolden Black Disability Visual Culture
Books
Adrian Shaughnessy|Books
What is Post-Branding: The Never Ending Race
The Design Observer Twenty
Delaney Rebernik|The Design Observer Twenty