Michael Bierut

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S2E1: Audrey Gelman and Emily Oberman

Audrey Gelman is co-founder and CEO of The Wing, a social club and co-working space for women. Pentagram partner Emily Oberman worked on the brand identity.

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Episode 51: Vintages

Behance Design Trends of 2017, George Nelson’s How to See, Michael K. Williams, W.E.B. Du Bois’ infographics

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Episode 50: What Democracy Looks Like

The Women’s March, Parker Palmer, The Young Pope, Oreos, Girl Scout Cookies

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Episode 49: My First Tattoo

Tattoos, Type 1 diabetes, ID cards, taking MBA students to the art gallery, Kerry James Marshall, Mark Rothko, Mike Mills, the 2017 Citizen Designer Pledge

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Episode 48: Lella and La La

Lella Vignelli, John Berger, Second Avenue Subway, Jackie, La La Land

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S1E11: Steve Duenes

Steve Duenes is an Assistant Editor at The New York Times who oversees a team of visual journalists.

Michael Bierut|Essays

Lella Vignelli

In my ten years at Vignelli Associates, I came to understand the relationship between the two brilliant designers who ran the office. Massimo would tend to play the role of idea generator. Lella served as the critic, editing the ideas and …

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And May All Your Christmases Be Carefully Staged So As To Appear White

A backstage story from Balanchine’s The Nutcracker 

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S1E10: Danny Meyer and Paula Scher

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

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Episode 47: True Colors

Pantone’s color of the year, Time’s Person of the Year, Arrival, The Hater’s Guide to the Williams-Sonoma Catalog, Seinfeldia

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S1E8: Leslie Koch

Leslie Koch was the president and CEO of the Trust for Governors Island.

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Episode 46: TV Party

TV party: Search Party, The Crown, Fleabag, Crisis in Six Scenes, Highston, I Love Dick, Daniella Zalcman, the fallout shelter sign