Jessica Helfand

Jessica Helfand|Audio

How Janelle Monáe Built a Creative Empire on Her Own Terms

Janelle Monáe is a singer, songwriter, actor, and producer.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 117: Truth and Yogurt

Christmas cards, the Charles and Ray Eames collection, Didones, the Chobani effect, Hong Kong protest art, a dog who plays Jenga, Uncut Gems.

Jessica Helfand|Audio

S7E11: Paola Antonelli

Paola Antonelli is senior curator of the department of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art.

Jessica Helfand|Audio

S7E10: Elizabeth Alexander

Elizabeth Alexander is president of the Mellon Foundation.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 116: A Decade in Politics, A Year in Culture

101 political images of 2010s; plus Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror; Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me; Beck’s Hyperspace; Underworld’s Oblivion with Bells; The 1619 Project podcast; Esther Perel’s Where Should We …

Jessica Helfand|Audio

S7E8: James Rhee

James Rhee is executive chair and CEO of the fashion brand Ashley Stewart as well as the founder and president of the investment firm FirePine Group.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 115: Thick and Blunt

Donald Trump’s handwriting; Michael Bloomberg, design patron; Jessica Helfand’s Face: A Visual Odyssey; Victor Papanek’s Design for the Real World; Heather Dewey-Halborg’s DNA portraits; Bulgarian socialist graphics

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 114: Kids Today

Painting on photographs, artists v. designers, the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno, Richard Hollis designs for the Whitechapel.

Jessica Helfand|Audio

S7E6: Courtney Cogburn

Courtney Cogburn is a professor at the Columbia School of Social Work and the co-creator of 1000 Cut Journey.

Jessica Helfand|Audio

S7E5: George Gendron + Patrick Mitchell

George Gendron is writer in residence at MIT’s integrated design and management program. Patrick Mitchell runs Modus Operandi Design.

Jessica Helfand|Audio

S7E4: Vivianne Castillo

Vivianne Castillo is senior design researcher at Salesforce.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 113: Facing the Future

Kate Crawford | Trevor Paglen: Training Humans, Derren Brown, MoMA expands again, slime mold, Gordon Salchow