Sinposis

FOUNDED IN 2003, DESIGN OBSERVER INSCRIBES ITS MISSION ON ITS HOMEPAGE: WRITINGS ABOUT DESIGN AND CULTURE. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE SITE HAS CONSISTENTLY EMBRACED A BROADER, MORE INTERDISCIPLINARY, AND CIRCUMSPECT VIEW OF DESIGN'S VALUE IN THE WORLD_ONE NOT LIMITED BY MATERIALISM, TRENDS, OR THE SLIPPERINESS OF STYLE. DEDICATED TO THE PURSUIT OF ORIGINALITY, IMAGINATION, AND CLOSE CULTURAL ANALYSIS, DESIGN OBSERVER QUICKLY BECAME A LIVELY FORUM FOR READERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMMUNITY. FIFTEEN YEARS, 6,700 ARTICLES, 900 AUTHORS, AND NEARLY 30,000 COMMENTS LATER, THIS BOOK IS A COMBINATION PRIMER, CELEBRATION, SURVEY, AND SALUTE TO A CERTAIN MOMENT IN ONLINE CULTURE. THIS COLLECTION INCLUDES REASSESSMENTS THAT SHARPEN THE LENS OR DISLOCATE IT; INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE POWER OF DESIGN IDIOMS; OFF-TOPIC GEMS; DISCUSSIONS OF DESIGN ETHICS; AND EXPERIMENTAL WRITING, NEW VOICES, HYBRID OBSERVATIONS, AND OTHER IDIOSYNCRATIC TEXTS.