Jessica Helfand

Michael Bierut|Audio

S2E6: Michael Rock

Michael Rock is founding partner and creative director of 2x4, a global design consultancy. He has worked with brands including Nike, Prada, Target, and Kanye West.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 53: On Writing Well

#trypod, Dan Brown cover contest, Design in Tech, writing for designers, The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, Wes Anderson’s Bar Luce

Michael Bierut|Audio

S2E5: David Rockwell

David Rockwell is the founder and president of the architecture and design firm the Rockwell Group and a theatrical set designer.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S2E4: Lee Moreau

Lee Moreau is a principal at Continuum, a global innovation design firm.

Jessica Helfand|Essays

Design Competition as Bake-Off

The idea of book design rendered as a global free-for-all likens the act of cover design to a giant bake-off. But books are not brownies, and design, like literature, is not a sweet shop.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S2E3: Bobby C Martin Jr

Bobby C. Martin, Jr., is a founding partner of the agency OCD | The Original Champions of Design.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S2E2: Neri Oxman

Neri Oxman leads the Mediated Matter research group at the MIT Media Lab.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S2E1: Audrey Gelman and Emily Oberman

Audrey Gelman is co-founder and CEO of The Wing, a social club and co-working space for women. Pentagram partner Emily Oberman worked on the brand identity.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 51: Vintages

Behance Design Trends of 2017, George Nelson’s How to See, Michael K. Williams, W.E.B. Du Bois’ infographics

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 50: What Democracy Looks Like

The Women’s March, Parker Palmer, The Young Pope, Oreos, Girl Scout Cookies

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 49: My First Tattoo

Tattoos, Type 1 diabetes, ID cards, taking MBA students to the art gallery, Kerry James Marshall, Mark Rothko, Mike Mills, the 2017 Citizen Designer Pledge

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 48: Lella and La La

Lella Vignelli, John Berger, Second Avenue Subway, Jackie, La La Land