Observers’ Observer

“Hold on, let me get a picture of you taking a picture of yourself while Gail takes a picture of both of us taking pictures.”
Cartoon by Harry Bliss for The New Yorker, published April 20, 2015

May 2014 | Dever, Colorado

May 2015 | Chicago, Illinois

Sara Jamshidi is a research-led designer with a practice that spans between the realms of special collections, language, and identity. She was Senior Designer at Design Observer before attending Royal College of Art in London to get her Master's degree in Visual Communication. Sara is currently Assistant Professor and Director of BFA Graphic Design at Corcoran School of the Art and Design at GWU in Washington DC.

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