Jessica Helfand

Michael Bierut|Audio

From the Archive: Danny Meyer and Paula Scher

Danny Meyer is the founder of Shake Shack. Paula Scher designed its graphic identity.

Jessica Helfand|The Self-Reliance Project

Sharpening

As an isolated activity, sharpening’s got its own powerful syntax. It’s the art of paying attention.

Jessica Helfand|Paris 140

Paris One Forty: Week Six

The dogs of Paris, an umbrella whisperer, the astonishing power of typography, and more.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 89: Headsets and Holograms

VR typography, Glenn Gould hologram tour, Paul Rand ephemera auction, Robert Venturi, Mark Lamster’s Philip Johnson biography, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colors

Jessica Helfand|The Self-Reliance Project

Feeling

To feel fragile is to feel human, which is to recognize your inherent vulnerability, not your presumed invincibility.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Brute Force

Behind the Bataclan, pigeon pathologists, Design Thinking at IBM, the Coke bottle at 100, Michael Gross

Michael Bierut|Audio

S5E3: Ellen Lupton

Ellen Lupton is the curator of contemporary design at Cooper Hewitt, the Smithsonian Design Museum.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 127: Fear and Longing

Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters; Hrishi Hirway and Mike Errico; The Quiz Broadcast; Shakespeare and Co. Project

Jessica Helfand|Books

The Observer Decameron—Second Day

The top ten books of 2015 picked by our contributors

Michael Bierut|Audio

S5E8: Todd Waterbury

Todd Waterbury is the chief creative officer of Target.

Jessica Helfand|Audio

Episode 128: Decoding Luxury

Guest host Avery Trufelman talks about Articles of Interest, clothing, luxury; Larry Rosenberg’s Breath by Breath; Little Fires Everywhere on Hulu

Michael Bierut|Audio

Hello

Michael finally gets an iPhone, the Pirelli calendar, Amy Schumer, design and TV