Jessica Helfand

Jessica Helfand|Essays

The Real Skinny on the Real Skinny

The is the first of two essays on the visual nature of body image.

Jessica Helfand|Collections

In the Palm of Your Hand: Dexterity Puzzles

A selection of rare dexterity puzzles from the personal collection of Jessica Helfand.

Jessica Helfand|Reviews

Viva The Villain: A Review of Despicable Me

In an age in which last week’s Bernie Madoff is next week’s BP oil spill, villains are no longer the stuff of fiction. So when a really juicy fictional villain comes along — let alone two — it’s time to go to …

Jessica Helfand|Miscellaneous

Happy Birthday, Steven Heller

A tribute to Steven Heller on his Birthday!

Jessica Helfand|Primary Sources

The Next Great Graphic Designer

Tonight on Bravo's "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist" the winning Penguin book cover design will be unveiled, which begs a few questions. We hope our readers will weigh in with their opinions.

Jessica Helfand|Reviews

Rome’s MAXXI: Force Field as Field Space

The MAXXI center in Rome opens with a glorious, international exhibition and showcases a building that is likely to be as controversial — and as celebrated — as its designer.

Jessica Helfand|Essays

Every Poem an Epitaph: The Protestant Cemetery in Rome

One does not have to be a poet to write heartbreaking words on a piece of eternal stone. Or perhaps the opposite is true, that all such memorials are lyrical remembrances — that every poem, as TS Eliot once observed, is …

Jessica Helfand|Essays

Prisoners of Logic

For five or six years now, I have led a double life as a painter. Until recently, I viewed this other identity as a kind of dirty secret.

Jessica Helfand|Report

Better Living Through Artistry

SEWA, a cooperative textile manufacturing company in Ahmedebad, India, is a network of self-employed women.

Michael Bierut|Audio

A Seat at the Table

The President needs a Cabinet-level Secretary of Design — or a design consigliere

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 97: Candidates and “Creatives”

2020 presidential campaign logos, 50 Books | 50 Covers, the “creative” hustle, Ellsworth Kelly stamps, Olivia Colman in Flowers

Jessica Helfand|Terms of Service

We (All) The People

We the people means all—not just some of the people.