Michael Bierut

Michael Bierut|Essays

Jerry Della Femina, Mad Men, and the Cult of Advertising Personality

A review of Jerry Della Femina’s From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor, published in a new edition on the occasion of the debut of the fourth season of the AMC series Mad Men.

Michael Bierut|Essays

Gestalten NYTimes

Michael Bierut|Slideshows

The Bones of Francois Robert

Francois Robert has spent hundreds of hours arranging the bones of a single human skeleton into a series of striking iconic shapesto create a series he calls "Stop the Violence."  

Michael Bierut|Essays

Designing the Unthinkable

For more than fifty years, there have been arguments against nuclear proliferation. The Doomsday Clock translates all the arguments to a simple visual analogy.

Michael Bierut|Audio

Hello

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

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

Michael Bierut|Audio

A Seat at the Table

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

Michael Bierut|Audio

S6E5: Kerby Jean-Raymond

Kerby Jean Raymond is the founder and CEO of the fashion label Pyer Moss.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S1E1: John Bielenberg

John Bielenberg is a designer, entrepreneur and imaginative advocate for a better world.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S6E2: Billie Tsien

Billie Tsien is the co-founder of Tod Williams Billie Tsien architects, which works on buildings for museums, universities, and the Obama Presidential Center.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S1E12: Teddy Goff

Teddy Goff was the digital director for Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection effort and an adviser to Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Michael Bierut|Audio

S6E7: Valla Vakili

Valla Vakili is head of Citi Ventures Studio, an incubator for financial services.