Observer Editions

Design Observer is excited and pleased to announce that for the first time in our almost fifteen-year history we are releasing three print titles this week under the new Observer Editions imprint.

Two of our launch titles are collections of writing from Design Observer. Massimo Vignelli: Collected Writings gathers essays about and interviews with the legendary Italian modernist, including contributions by Jessica Helfand, Michael Bierut, Lorraine Wild, and Alice Twemlow. Persistence of Vision: Collected Writings of William Drenttel features many of Drenttel's most provocative essays on everything from democracy and social entrepreneurship to recollections of his early days working as an advertising “Mad Man.”

Also appearing in the shop is the lavishly illustrated, full color companion catalogue to the 2014 50 Books | 50 Covers competition, featuring an essay from Dave Eggers.

These and future Observer Edition books, including our new quarterly journal, are now available in the newly launched Design Observer shop. We accept all credit cards linked throgh PayPal, and we ship internationally.

Comments [1]

Awesome! I'm excited to see where this will go in the future.

Jesse Ellingson
10.17.15
03:36

Design Observer was founded by Michael Bierut, and Jessica Helfand.

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