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Sam Furness hates the word hobby. The idea that something central to your life is just an activity that doesn’t go anywhere. He’d know. In 2016, feeling creatively depleted, he spent twelve months doing twelve different things: origami, flight, color, songwriting.

Now he’s built an entire infrastructure to help others invest in their own curiosity, including Release Day: a global collective deadline on May 29th for finishing the creative project you’ve been sitting on.

The world needs what you’re making. Rachel Paese has the story. Link in bio.

Sam Furness hates the word hobby. The idea that something central to your life is just an activity that doesn’t go anywhere. He’d know. In 2016, feeling creatively depleted, he spent twelve months doing twelve different things: origami, flight, color, songwriting.

Now he’s built an entire infrastructure to help others invest in their own curiosity, including Release Day: a global collective deadline on May 29th for finishing the creative project you’ve been sitting on.

The world needs what you’re making. Rachel Paese has the story. Link in bio.

Sam Furness hates the word hobby. The idea that something central to your life is just an activity that doesn’t go anywhere. He’d know. In 2016, feeling creatively depleted, he spent twelve months doing twelve different things: origami, flight, color, songwriting.

Now he’s built an entire infrastructure to help others invest in their own curiosity, including Release Day: a global collective deadline on May 29th for finishing the creative project you’ve been sitting on.

The world needs what you’re making. Rachel Paese has the story. Link in bio.

Sam Furness hates the word hobby. The idea that something central to your life is just an activity that doesn’t go anywhere. He’d know. In 2016, feeling creatively depleted, he spent twelve months doing twelve different things: origami, flight, color, songwriting.

Now he’s built an entire infrastructure to help others invest in their own curiosity, including Release Day: a global collective deadline on May 29th for finishing the creative project you’ve been sitting on.

The world needs what you’re making. Rachel Paese has the story. Link in bio.

Sam Furness hates the word hobby. The idea that something central to your life is just an activity that doesn’t go anywhere. He’d know. In 2016, feeling creatively depleted, he spent twelve months doing twelve different things: origami, flight, color, songwriting.

Now he’s built an entire infrastructure to help others invest in their own curiosity, including Release Day: a global collective deadline on May 29th for finishing the creative project you’ve been sitting on.

The world needs what you’re making. Rachel Paese has the story. Link in bio.

Lines on a map determine who holds power. Who gets heard. Who gets erased.

Draw the Line is a new 10-part podcast from Design Observer, hosted by Ellen McGirt. It begins in Louisiana, where a battle over redrawn congressional district maps made its way to the Supreme Court — part of a broader unraveling of the Voting Rights Act that has fundamentally redesigned the architecture of American voting rights.

At Design Observer, we've spent over two decades examining how design decisions shape the world around us: the built environment, visual culture, and the systems we move through every day.

This series turns that same lens on American democracy, where the act of drawing a line on a map carries consequences that reach into every community in this country.

Coming soon, wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe to our newsletter for updates, link in bio.

Lines on a map determine who holds power. Who gets heard. Who gets erased.

Draw the Line is a new 10-part podcast from Design Observer, hosted by Ellen McGirt. It begins in Louisiana, where a battle over redrawn congressional district maps made its way to the Supreme Court — part of a broader unraveling of the Voting Rights Act that has fundamentally redesigned the architecture of American voting rights.

At Design Observer, we've spent over two decades examining how design decisions shape the world around us: the built environment, visual culture, and the systems we move through every day.

This series turns that same lens on American democracy, where the act of drawing a line on a map carries consequences that reach into every community in this country.

Coming soon, wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe to our newsletter for updates, link in bio.

Lines on a map determine who holds power. Who gets heard. Who gets erased.

Draw the Line is a new 10-part podcast from Design Observer, hosted by Ellen McGirt. It begins in Louisiana, where a battle over redrawn congressional district maps made its way to the Supreme Court — part of a broader unraveling of the Voting Rights Act that has fundamentally redesigned the architecture of American voting rights.

At Design Observer, we've spent over two decades examining how design decisions shape the world around us: the built environment, visual culture, and the systems we move through every day.

This series turns that same lens on American democracy, where the act of drawing a line on a map carries consequences that reach into every community in this country.

Coming soon, wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe to our newsletter for updates, link in bio.

Lines on a map determine who holds power. Who gets heard. Who gets erased.

Draw the Line is a new 10-part podcast from Design Observer, hosted by Ellen McGirt. It begins in Louisiana, where a battle over redrawn congressional district maps made its way to the Supreme Court — part of a broader unraveling of the Voting Rights Act that has fundamentally redesigned the architecture of American voting rights.

At Design Observer, we've spent over two decades examining how design decisions shape the world around us: the built environment, visual culture, and the systems we move through every day.

This series turns that same lens on American democracy, where the act of drawing a line on a map carries consequences that reach into every community in this country.

Coming soon, wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe to our newsletter for updates, link in bio.

Generative AI is everywhere in design, writing, and media, but what does it do to our thinking?

In a new essay, David Z. Morris explores how AI-generated images and text are not only simplifying aesthetics, but also shaping attention, creativity, and personal identity.

“Suddenly everyone’s life got a lot more similar,” he writes, a warning about the hidden costs of a technology some assume is liberating.

Read the full essay at the 🔗in bio.

Generative AI is everywhere in design, writing, and media, but what does it do to our thinking?

In a new essay, David Z. Morris explores how AI-generated images and text are not only simplifying aesthetics, but also shaping attention, creativity, and personal identity.

“Suddenly everyone’s life got a lot more similar,” he writes, a warning about the hidden costs of a technology some assume is liberating.

Read the full essay at the 🔗in bio.

Generative AI is everywhere in design, writing, and media, but what does it do to our thinking?

In a new essay, David Z. Morris explores how AI-generated images and text are not only simplifying aesthetics, but also shaping attention, creativity, and personal identity.

“Suddenly everyone’s life got a lot more similar,” he writes, a warning about the hidden costs of a technology some assume is liberating.

Read the full essay at the 🔗in bio.

Between us? Designing for fewer people might actually change more. @dvoritdvorit makes the case that gossip isn't a guilty pleasure, but a community design practice. Link in bio for more on the interview.

Design Juice is an as-told-to conversation series series that captures how designers think, work, and envision the future. Design Observer is catching up with design practitioners from across disciplines and at any career stage who offer distinctive perspectives on their craft and its impact. Don’t miss the insights.

Between us? Designing for fewer people might actually change more. @dvoritdvorit makes the case that gossip isn't a guilty pleasure, but a community design practice. Link in bio for more on the interview.

Design Juice is an as-told-to conversation series series that captures how designers think, work, and envision the future. Design Observer is catching up with design practitioners from across disciplines and at any career stage who offer distinctive perspectives on their craft and its impact. Don’t miss the insights.

Between us? Designing for fewer people might actually change more. @dvoritdvorit makes the case that gossip isn't a guilty pleasure, but a community design practice. Link in bio for more on the interview.

Design Juice is an as-told-to conversation series series that captures how designers think, work, and envision the future. Design Observer is catching up with design practitioners from across disciplines and at any career stage who offer distinctive perspectives on their craft and its impact. Don’t miss the insights.

Between us? Designing for fewer people might actually change more. @dvoritdvorit makes the case that gossip isn't a guilty pleasure, but a community design practice. Link in bio for more on the interview.

Design Juice is an as-told-to conversation series series that captures how designers think, work, and envision the future. Design Observer is catching up with design practitioners from across disciplines and at any career stage who offer distinctive perspectives on their craft and its impact. Don’t miss the insights.

Between us? Designing for fewer people might actually change more. @dvoritdvorit makes the case that gossip isn't a guilty pleasure, but a community design practice. Link in bio for more on the interview.

Design Juice is an as-told-to conversation series series that captures how designers think, work, and envision the future. Design Observer is catching up with design practitioners from across disciplines and at any career stage who offer distinctive perspectives on their craft and its impact. Don’t miss the insights.

Between us? Designing for fewer people might actually change more. @dvoritdvorit makes the case that gossip isn't a guilty pleasure, but a community design practice. Link in bio for more on the interview.

Design Juice is an as-told-to conversation series series that captures how designers think, work, and envision the future. Design Observer is catching up with design practitioners from across disciplines and at any career stage who offer distinctive perspectives on their craft and its impact. Don’t miss the insights.

How long does the joy of achievement actually last? According to one painter Debbie Millman interviewed — about 11 minutes.

Maybe the fleeting feeling isn’t the problem, but what you do with it is. Swipe for Millman’s take on what it means to keep making things anyway.

Subscribe to The Observatory to get these in your inbox. Link in bio.

How long does the joy of achievement actually last? According to one painter Debbie Millman interviewed — about 11 minutes.

Maybe the fleeting feeling isn’t the problem, but what you do with it is. Swipe for Millman’s take on what it means to keep making things anyway.

Subscribe to The Observatory to get these in your inbox. Link in bio.

How long does the joy of achievement actually last? According to one painter Debbie Millman interviewed — about 11 minutes.

Maybe the fleeting feeling isn’t the problem, but what you do with it is. Swipe for Millman’s take on what it means to keep making things anyway.

Subscribe to The Observatory to get these in your inbox. Link in bio.

How long does the joy of achievement actually last? According to one painter Debbie Millman interviewed — about 11 minutes.

Maybe the fleeting feeling isn’t the problem, but what you do with it is. Swipe for Millman’s take on what it means to keep making things anyway.

Subscribe to The Observatory to get these in your inbox. Link in bio.

How long does the joy of achievement actually last? According to one painter Debbie Millman interviewed — about 11 minutes.

Maybe the fleeting feeling isn’t the problem, but what you do with it is. Swipe for Millman’s take on what it means to keep making things anyway.

Subscribe to The Observatory to get these in your inbox. Link in bio.

Anything we make, we can remake.

That's a design philosophy — and a challenge.

We're revisiting some of the voices that have shaped how we think about what design is actually for. Starting with Dr. Dori Tunstall. Swipe through. Link in bio.

Anything we make, we can remake.

That's a design philosophy — and a challenge.

We're revisiting some of the voices that have shaped how we think about what design is actually for. Starting with Dr. Dori Tunstall. Swipe through. Link in bio.

Anything we make, we can remake.

That's a design philosophy — and a challenge.

We're revisiting some of the voices that have shaped how we think about what design is actually for. Starting with Dr. Dori Tunstall. Swipe through. Link in bio.

Anything we make, we can remake.

That's a design philosophy — and a challenge.

We're revisiting some of the voices that have shaped how we think about what design is actually for. Starting with Dr. Dori Tunstall. Swipe through. Link in bio.

What if the most important design principle you’ve never heard of has been practiced in the Andes for centuries?

Ayni is the Quechua word for reciprocity — a living principle of mutual care that asks a simple but profound question: what will we choose to give back?

Martín Zabaleta went to Peru’s Sacred Valley to find out what it means for design. Link in bio.

What if the most important design principle you’ve never heard of has been practiced in the Andes for centuries?

Ayni is the Quechua word for reciprocity — a living principle of mutual care that asks a simple but profound question: what will we choose to give back?

Martín Zabaleta went to Peru’s Sacred Valley to find out what it means for design. Link in bio.

What if the most important design principle you’ve never heard of has been practiced in the Andes for centuries?

Ayni is the Quechua word for reciprocity — a living principle of mutual care that asks a simple but profound question: what will we choose to give back?

Martín Zabaleta went to Peru’s Sacred Valley to find out what it means for design. Link in bio.

What if the most important design principle you’ve never heard of has been practiced in the Andes for centuries?

Ayni is the Quechua word for reciprocity — a living principle of mutual care that asks a simple but profound question: what will we choose to give back?

Martín Zabaleta went to Peru’s Sacred Valley to find out what it means for design. Link in bio.

For a decade, businesses optimized for efficiency. Cut the creatives. Automated the customer. Chased the quarterly number.

Now they're vulnerable in ways most of them haven't even clocked yet.

Stephen Fritz argues this is exactly the moment design has been waiting for. That designers need to show up boldly, maybe without permission, and with something concrete to say.

This is our moment. Full piece linked in bio.

For a decade, businesses optimized for efficiency. Cut the creatives. Automated the customer. Chased the quarterly number.

Now they're vulnerable in ways most of them haven't even clocked yet.

Stephen Fritz argues this is exactly the moment design has been waiting for. That designers need to show up boldly, maybe without permission, and with something concrete to say.

This is our moment. Full piece linked in bio.

For a decade, businesses optimized for efficiency. Cut the creatives. Automated the customer. Chased the quarterly number.

Now they're vulnerable in ways most of them haven't even clocked yet.

Stephen Fritz argues this is exactly the moment design has been waiting for. That designers need to show up boldly, maybe without permission, and with something concrete to say.

This is our moment. Full piece linked in bio.

For a decade, businesses optimized for efficiency. Cut the creatives. Automated the customer. Chased the quarterly number.

Now they're vulnerable in ways most of them haven't even clocked yet.

Stephen Fritz argues this is exactly the moment design has been waiting for. That designers need to show up boldly, maybe without permission, and with something concrete to say.

This is our moment. Full piece linked in bio.

What does it feel like to stand in front of art and not know if a human made it?

At Art Basel Hong Kong, that wasn't a hypothetical.

Swipe through and decide for yourself: human or machine? Then head to the full piece to find out — and why the answer might matter less than you think. Link in bio.

(Photo creds, respectively: Kevin Abosch, Art Blocks, Asprey Studio, Kajsa Kedefors)

What does it feel like to stand in front of art and not know if a human made it?

At Art Basel Hong Kong, that wasn't a hypothetical.

Swipe through and decide for yourself: human or machine? Then head to the full piece to find out — and why the answer might matter less than you think. Link in bio.

(Photo creds, respectively: Kevin Abosch, Art Blocks, Asprey Studio, Kajsa Kedefors)

What does it feel like to stand in front of art and not know if a human made it?

At Art Basel Hong Kong, that wasn't a hypothetical.

Swipe through and decide for yourself: human or machine? Then head to the full piece to find out — and why the answer might matter less than you think. Link in bio.

(Photo creds, respectively: Kevin Abosch, Art Blocks, Asprey Studio, Kajsa Kedefors)

What does it feel like to stand in front of art and not know if a human made it?

At Art Basel Hong Kong, that wasn't a hypothetical.

Swipe through and decide for yourself: human or machine? Then head to the full piece to find out — and why the answer might matter less than you think. Link in bio.

(Photo creds, respectively: Kevin Abosch, Art Blocks, Asprey Studio, Kajsa Kedefors)

“For brands that really want to be understood in a deep way, it takes other humans to make a thoughtful effort.”
Jennifer Jerde has been running @elxrdsgn in San Francisco for 27 years. She founded the firm in 1992. The origin story involves a dog, a $6-an-hour internship, and a teacher who asked the right question at the right time. In an industry increasingly tempted by shortcuts, that’s a quiet kind of radical. Rachel Paese paid her a visit. Link in bio.

“For brands that really want to be understood in a deep way, it takes other humans to make a thoughtful effort.”
Jennifer Jerde has been running @elxrdsgn in San Francisco for 27 years. She founded the firm in 1992. The origin story involves a dog, a $6-an-hour internship, and a teacher who asked the right question at the right time. In an industry increasingly tempted by shortcuts, that’s a quiet kind of radical. Rachel Paese paid her a visit. Link in bio.

“For brands that really want to be understood in a deep way, it takes other humans to make a thoughtful effort.”
Jennifer Jerde has been running @elxrdsgn in San Francisco for 27 years. She founded the firm in 1992. The origin story involves a dog, a $6-an-hour internship, and a teacher who asked the right question at the right time. In an industry increasingly tempted by shortcuts, that’s a quiet kind of radical. Rachel Paese paid her a visit. Link in bio.

“For brands that really want to be understood in a deep way, it takes other humans to make a thoughtful effort.”
Jennifer Jerde has been running @elxrdsgn in San Francisco for 27 years. She founded the firm in 1992. The origin story involves a dog, a $6-an-hour internship, and a teacher who asked the right question at the right time. In an industry increasingly tempted by shortcuts, that’s a quiet kind of radical. Rachel Paese paid her a visit. Link in bio.

“For brands that really want to be understood in a deep way, it takes other humans to make a thoughtful effort.”
Jennifer Jerde has been running @elxrdsgn in San Francisco for 27 years. She founded the firm in 1992. The origin story involves a dog, a $6-an-hour internship, and a teacher who asked the right question at the right time. In an industry increasingly tempted by shortcuts, that’s a quiet kind of radical. Rachel Paese paid her a visit. Link in bio.

"What if design isn't solely about innovation, but about remembering?"

That's the question Laura Sofia Cardozo took away from Murmur Ring's Reclaiming Value immersion in Peru's Sacred Valley — and it's reshaping how she thinks about design entirely. Cardozo's work is rooted in multigenerational memory: the idea that the decisions we make today should serve communities seven generations into the future.

Her question for designers: How do we design for continuity when the systems around us are structured for fragmentation?

This is part of our ongoing series exploring design lessons from Peru's Sacred Valley. Each installment, the conversation goes deeper. What wisdom from your own community, culture, or ancestors informs the work you do? Comment or send us a DM.

Link to the ongoing series is in our bio. More to come.

Courtesy Jack DeMarzo for Murmur Ring.

What do these three images have in common?

They’re all part of a revival. A reaction to the industrial revolution, a recession, or now, the failed promise of big tech.

Strategists are proclaiming 2026 to be the year of nostalgia. Wired headphones, workwear (back, so soon), medievalcore, landlines for kids, #90s TikTok.

But for brands to get ahead, this isn’t just a trend — it’s a revival.

Read the opinion piece Athletics Senior Strategy Director Matt Colangelo. Link in our bio.

Credit: Arturo Añez via Unsplash

What do these three images have in common?

They’re all part of a revival. A reaction to the industrial revolution, a recession, or now, the failed promise of big tech.

Strategists are proclaiming 2026 to be the year of nostalgia. Wired headphones, workwear (back, so soon), medievalcore, landlines for kids, #90s TikTok.

But for brands to get ahead, this isn’t just a trend — it’s a revival.

Read the opinion piece Athletics Senior Strategy Director Matt Colangelo. Link in our bio.

Credit: Arturo Añez via Unsplash

What do these three images have in common?

They’re all part of a revival. A reaction to the industrial revolution, a recession, or now, the failed promise of big tech.

Strategists are proclaiming 2026 to be the year of nostalgia. Wired headphones, workwear (back, so soon), medievalcore, landlines for kids, #90s TikTok.

But for brands to get ahead, this isn’t just a trend — it’s a revival.

Read the opinion piece Athletics Senior Strategy Director Matt Colangelo. Link in our bio.

Credit: Arturo Añez via Unsplash