Jessica Helfand

Michael Bierut|Commentary

Let’s Get to Work

We must bear in mind that democracy is about who we are, not who’s temporarily in office.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S1E4: Barry Nalebuff

Barry Nalebuff teaches at the Yale School of Management. His specialty is game theory and its application to business strategy.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 44: In Dreams

Marcin Wichary visits the Technology Museum of Emporda, Vine, Grand Central Station vistas, deluxe composition notebooks, Errol Morris on Elsa Dorfman, bad ballot design, Grilli Type’s GT America, Transparent, Elaine Lustig Cohen.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S1E3: Deborah Berke

Deborah Berke is the founding partner of Deborah Berke Partners, the architect of the 21c Museum Hotels, and the Dean of the Yale School of Architecture.

Jessica Helfand|Paris 140

Paris One Forty: Week Fifteen

There are moments and places in Paris where the visual evocation of time’s inevitable passage is simply meaningless.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S1E2: Molly Barton and Julian Yap

Molly Barton and Julian Yap are cofounders of Serial Box Publishing, which develops original episodic fiction.

Jessica Helfand|Paris 140

Paris One Forty: Week Fourteen

Corsets, posters, entomology, L’Ecole des Beaux Arts, doll as cutlery + more from the streets of Paris.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 43: The End Is Near

Campaign fatigue, advertising and viral video, voting technology, intellectualism in the design community, the art of David Pease, the 1986 Mets

Michael Bierut|Audio

S1E0: Trailer

A quick preview of Season 1, with Michael Bierut, Jessica Helfand, and a few of their guests.

Jessica Helfand|Paris 140

Paris One Forty: Week Thirteen

Elegant and expressive variations on Parisian signage — a typographic buffet of style and history + more

Jessica Helfand|Paris 140

Paris One Forty: Week Twelve

Seen on the streets of Paris: a clown, a dog, mannequins, gorgeous hand-drawn signage + more.

Jessica Helfand|Essays

Notes from the Road: Part 2

Over a career that spans more than six decades, David Pease has built a body of work that is anchored by a methodical studio practice.