Jessica Helfand

Jessica Helfand|DesignIndaba

Making Change 04: Why Vigilance Matters

George Clooney’s non-profit, the Satellite Sentinel Project, is a serious initiative. They’re not designers. But their platform is stunningly visual, and worth a look.

Jessica Helfand|DesignIndaba

Making Change 03: Why Pictures Matter

Moving pictures—literally and emotionally

Jessica Helfand|DesignIndaba

Making Change 02: Why Warning Matters

The larger social impact of our visual and verbal choices

Jessica Helfand|DesignIndaba

Making Change 01: Why Character Matters

In Cape Town this week, the question of designers making change is being thoughtfully examined. Who are we to make changes and what kinds of changes might we consider making, if indeed we can make them at all?

Michael Bierut|Audio

The Observatory: Words, Pictures, Sounds

A few things on our minds

Jessica Helfand|Critique

Fantasy: Do Not Attempt

Advertisers and the consumer brain.

Jessica Helfand|Exhibitions

Ordinary People

France begins to correct its wartime reputation

Michael Bierut|Audio

The Observatory: Our Favorite Things

On this episode, Jessica Helfand talks about her Paris 140 series, and Michael Bierut describes his 100 Day Project + some of the cultural highlights of the year.

Jessica Helfand|Critique

Fifty Shades of Cynicism

When did we become so cynical—about ephemera?

Jessica Helfand|Photos

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what’s a painting worth? Judging from these images, it’s hard to say.

Jessica Helfand|Opinions

The Language of Torture

A few words on the magnitude of the primary source

Jessica Helfand|Opinions

Questionable Inheritances

Today, a search for Paul Rand will bring you, in seconds, to Rand Paul. But it was not always so, and for this we can thank Leon Wieseltier, whose departure from a 30-year reign at The New Republic was just announced