Jessica Helfand

Michael Bierut|Audio

S2E11: Khoi Vinh

Khoi Vinh is a principal designer at Adobe.

Michael Bierut|Essays

Thinking Like a Book Designer

The various roles a designer plays in designing a book; historian, architect, author, humanitarian, performer, editor, and mechanic.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S2E10: Robert Brunner

Robert Brunner is a founder of Ammunition, a design firm based in San Francisco. He has designed products from the Apple PowerBook to Beats by Dre headphones.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S2E9: Ashleigh Axios

Ashleigh Axios is the design exponent at Automattic and a former creative director for the White House’s Office of Digital Strategy.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S2E8: Teddy Blanks

Teddy Blanks is a co-founder of CHIPS, a Brooklyn-based design studio, who specializes in film titles.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 54: Egos, Eggs, and Half an Onion

Twitter’s default avatar, border wall submissions, Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi ad, School for Justice, the Uline catalog

Michael Bierut|Audio

S2E7: Grace Jun

Grace Jun is the executive director of Open Style Lab, a nonprofit that aims to make fashion accessible to people with disabilities.

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.