Jessica Helfand

Jessica Helfand|Essays

The Look of Freedom

It was the American novelist William Faulkner who once observed that we must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. So who am I to take issue with more contemporary interpretations of commemorative form?

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 83: Post-Its and Blocks

Design Thinking Wars: Lee Vinsel vs. d.school; Alexandra Lange’s The Design of Childhood; The Incredibles 2; Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 82: Constitutional Sans

The president’s lawyer uses Comic Sans, speculative design, Let the Sun Shine In, crazy walls.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S4E12: Jessica Dimmock

Jessica Dimmock is a photographer and filmmaker. Her latest project is the Netflix documentary series Flint Town.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S4E11: Andrew Essex

Andrew Essex is the author of “The End of Advertising: Why It Had to Die, and the Creative Resurrection to Come.”

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 79: 1968 at 50

Nixon-Humphrey, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The White Album, Laugh-In, LSD… and the meaning of anniversaries

Michael Bierut|Audio

S4E10: Abbott Miller

Abbott Miller is a partner in the design firm Pentagram.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S4E9: Karin Fong

Karin Fong is a founding member of Imaginary Forces, a creative company specializing in visual storytelling and brand strategy.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S4E8: Somi Kim

Somi Kim is senior director of healthcare solutions at Johnson & Johnson Design.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 78: Delete Your Account

Deleting Facebook, AI and images, Tree Change Dolls, Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano, listing for 450 W. Grixdale

Michael Bierut|Audio

S4E7: Lisa Strausfeld

Lisa Strausfeld is an information architect and data visualisation pioneer. Her studio is InformationArt.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S4E6: Margaret Gould Stewart

Margaret Gould Stewart is vice president of product design at Facebook.