@ahaut.bsky.social
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Production designer Grace Yun on building fear, memory, and longing: from the unsettling domestic spaces of Hereditary to the quiet hauntings of Past Lives. Read the full conversation w @ahaut.bsky.social on Design Observer.
How production designer Grace Yun turned domestic spaces into horror in 'Hereditary' and heartache in 'Past Lives' - DesignObserver
Production designer Grace Yun discusses her work on Hereditary and Past Lives, revealing how she transforms everyday spaces into emotional landscapes that embody grief, memory, and the unseen forces t...
designobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Production designer Grace Yun on building fear, memory, and longing: from the unsettling domestic spaces of Hereditary to the quiet hauntings of Past Lives. Read the full conversation w @ahaut.bsky.social on Design Observer.
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Every vote for Zohran Mamdani is a love letter to NYC.
This beautiful young man is the very best of us. The kind face of this incredibly tiny small town of a city that we love so much. And those bastards are trying to make him feel less-than? Trying to make ALL of us feel less-than?
To hell with them. Cuomo and Adams and all their corporate supporters.
To hell with them. Cuomo and Adams and all their corporate supporters.
October 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Every vote for Zohran Mamdani is a love letter to NYC.
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Earning just 9% of league revenue, @wnba.com players are demanding fair pay. Their protest t-shirts are changing how sports activism looks today. New essay by @ahaut.bsky.social
Say it with your chest: WNBA players fight for pay and justice on their t-shirts - DesignObserver
WNBA players are using protest t-shirts to demand fair pay, equity, and justice, turning warmups into powerful statements on and off the court.
designobserver.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Earning just 9% of league revenue, @wnba.com players are demanding fair pay. Their protest t-shirts are changing how sports activism looks today. New essay by @ahaut.bsky.social
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Nominations are open for The Design Observer 20! This year we're looking for Radical Collaborators - people, projects, and ideas using design to solve urgent challenges through cross-disciplinary collaboration. Deadline Sept 5, 2025. Nominate here: wkf.ms/45zZQaz
August 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Nominations are open for The Design Observer 20! This year we're looking for Radical Collaborators - people, projects, and ideas using design to solve urgent challenges through cross-disciplinary collaboration. Deadline Sept 5, 2025. Nominate here: wkf.ms/45zZQaz
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The WNBA All-Stars came out wearing warmup shirts that said, "Pay Us What You Owe Us."
The players' union met with the WNBA Thursday and came away frustrated with the economic model proposed by the league.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
The players' union met with the WNBA Thursday and came away frustrated with the economic model proposed by the league.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
July 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The WNBA All-Stars came out wearing warmup shirts that said, "Pay Us What You Owe Us."
The players' union met with the WNBA Thursday and came away frustrated with the economic model proposed by the league.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
The players' union met with the WNBA Thursday and came away frustrated with the economic model proposed by the league.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
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Nesrin Ismail, makeup head for Hulu’s Deli Boys, shares how beauty becomes a form of storytelling, identity, and resistance. From Bollywood glam to immigrant grit. Interview by @ahaut.bsky.social
Beauty queenpin: ‘Deli Boys’ makeup head Nesrin Ismail on cosmetics as masks and mirrors - DesignObserver
Makeup artist Nesrin Ismail shares how cosmetics shaped the characters, and subverted tropes, in Hulu’s genre-blending immigrant crime comedy Deli Boys.
designobserver.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Nesrin Ismail, makeup head for Hulu’s Deli Boys, shares how beauty becomes a form of storytelling, identity, and resistance. From Bollywood glam to immigrant grit. Interview by @ahaut.bsky.social
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New DBBD episode: @ethanmarcotte.com talks responsive design 15 years on, why he left 18F, the ethics of AI, and how compassionate design and tech labor organizing can shape a better future. Listen to the full episode out now. 🔗
Compassionate Design, Career Advice and Leaving 18F with Designer Ethan Marcotte - DesignObserver
Designer Ethan Marcotte shares lessons from leaving 18F, the future of compassionate design, and what AI means for the value of our labor.
designobserver.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New DBBD episode: @ethanmarcotte.com talks responsive design 15 years on, why he left 18F, the ethics of AI, and how compassionate design and tech labor organizing can shape a better future. Listen to the full episode out now. 🔗
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One thing I’d say about ranked choice voting in NYC is that you don’t have to do complex calculations of viability. You should rank in order of *who you want to be mayor* and if you *don’t* want someone to be mayor, you shouldn’t rank them!
June 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
One thing I’d say about ranked choice voting in NYC is that you don’t have to do complex calculations of viability. You should rank in order of *who you want to be mayor* and if you *don’t* want someone to be mayor, you shouldn’t rank them!
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Jealousy, by Edvard Munch, 1913-15
May 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Jealousy, by Edvard Munch, 1913-15
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Diaspora Co. founder Sana Javeri Kadri shares how she meets some of the world’s hardest problems with the thing that gives her the most joy, and encourages others, especially fellow brown women, to do the same. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Redesigning the Spice Trade: Talking Turmeric and Tariffs with Diaspora Co.’s Sana Javeri Kadri - DesignObserver
Sana Javeri Kadri, founder of Diaspora Co., joins Ellen McGirt to share how she's redesigning the spice trade by paying farmers fairly, navigating tariffs, and building a bold, equitable business root...
designobserver.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Diaspora Co. founder Sana Javeri Kadri shares how she meets some of the world’s hardest problems with the thing that gives her the most joy, and encourages others, especially fellow brown women, to do the same. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Massacre in Boston, by Jacob Lawrence, 1955, 📸 by Brian Babineau
May 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Massacre in Boston, by Jacob Lawrence, 1955, 📸 by Brian Babineau
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Josh Hart is an All-Star caliber difference maker.
April 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Josh Hart is an All-Star caliber difference maker.
My latest for @designobserver.com Can a Hollywood blockbuster teach us tactics for resistance?
designobserver.com/its-not-easy...
designobserver.com/its-not-easy...
It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green: ‘Wicked’ spells for struggle and solidarity - DesignObserver
On the ruby-slippered heels of DO editor-in-chief Ellen McGirt’s conversation with Wicked director Jon M. Chu, columnist Alexis Haut decipherates the film’s lessons for a design community going throug...
designobserver.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My latest for @designobserver.com Can a Hollywood blockbuster teach us tactics for resistance?
designobserver.com/its-not-easy...
designobserver.com/its-not-easy...
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Severence's Milchik X tv off by Kendrick Lamar
March 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Severence's Milchik X tv off by Kendrick Lamar
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Smallholder farmers need more than just land, they need access to banking, markets, and even identification. Mastercard’s Tara Nathan explains how Community Pass is connecting the dots to make that possible. Listen now 🎧
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March 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Smallholder farmers need more than just land, they need access to banking, markets, and even identification. Mastercard’s Tara Nathan explains how Community Pass is connecting the dots to make that possible. Listen now 🎧
designobserver.com/a-mastercard...
designobserver.com/a-mastercard...
My latest for @designobserver.com interviewed Mike Marino, makeup artist for one of my favorite films and favorite series of the last year
Just ahead of Oscar Sunday, dive into the transformative world of makeup with legendary artist Mike Marino. From A Different Man to The Penguin, Marino discusses how makeup tells deeper stories beyond the surface. Full interview by @ahaut.bsky.social
About face: ‘A Different Man’ makeup artist Mike Marino on transforming pretty boys and surfacing dualities - DesignObserver
On the cusp of Oscar Sunday, we’re talking award-winning makeup that gets under the skin.
designobserver.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My latest for @designobserver.com interviewed Mike Marino, makeup artist for one of my favorite films and favorite series of the last year
Happy Valentines from me to all the Innies out there!
Color helps light the path toward clarity. With Severance back on the airwaves after three long years, @ahaut.bsky.social pens a valentine to all the ways season one used red ❤️ to spell Innie liberation.
Innies see red, innies wear blue: Severance’s use of color to seed self-discovery - DesignObserver
With Apple’s most beloved show back on the airwaves after three long years, DO’s film columnist pens a Valentine’s Day love letter to the ways season one used red to spell Innie liberation.
designobserver.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Happy Valentines from me to all the Innies out there!
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NYC! Tomorrow is the last day to change your party registration to Democrat if you wanna help primary our piece of shit mayor in June!
Registration Check nycvotersearch.com
Change Party: e-register.vote.nyc
Registration Check nycvotersearch.com
Change Party: e-register.vote.nyc
February 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
NYC! Tomorrow is the last day to change your party registration to Democrat if you wanna help primary our piece of shit mayor in June!
Registration Check nycvotersearch.com
Change Party: e-register.vote.nyc
Registration Check nycvotersearch.com
Change Party: e-register.vote.nyc
This Eagles Super Bowl win feels like the revision of the 2017 Falcons loss we all need rn
February 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This Eagles Super Bowl win feels like the revision of the 2017 Falcons loss we all need rn
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government