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Jessica Helfand|Audio
New Horizons
Pluto is at the outer limits of the solar system. Porto is at the end of Europe.
Jessica Helfand|Audio
Places and Faces
Art, nostalgia, and community
Michael Bierut|Audio
M Is for a Million Things
Milan, Mario Batali, Michelle Obama, Moshe Safdie, Modernism, MOO (our sponsor), Michael Erard, metaphor design, Macintosh icons, Massimo Vignelli....
Michael Bierut|Audio
150 Years, 7 Minutes, 6 Seconds
Visualizing business data, a logo to mark Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation, and more.
Michael Bierut|Audio
East Meets West
Or collaboration vs. “one person making one thing at one time”
Michael Bierut|Audio
Inside the Lines
Michael and Jessica discuss the The Grid, which uses artificial intelligence to design websites, the history of grids, and the unlikely success of coloring books for adults.
Michael Bierut|Audio
The Observatory: The Inevitable
On this episode, Michael and Jessica talk about death (not taxes): how designers have to think about preventing death and representing death, and whether death is “just another design challenge.” Also, the color blue.
Michael Bierut|Audio
The Observatory: Land, Rand, Mad Men
Michael and Jessica talk about a panel they participated in at the Paul Rand exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, plus the return of Mad Men and the fate of photography giants Kodak and Polaroid.
Michael Bierut|Audio
The Observatory: Such Watch
On this episode of The Observatory, Michael and Jessica talk about Jonathan Ive, the rollout of the Apple Watch, and Michael Graves
Michael Bierut|Audio
The Observatory: FYI We Are Graphic Designers
This week, Michael and Jessica talk about graphic designers on screen, highlights from What Design Sounds Like, and Michael’s trip to Design Indaba.
Michael Bierut|Audio
The Observatory: Words, Pictures, Sounds
A few things on our minds
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.
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