The Observatory Newsletter

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 56: All the Presidents’ Libraries

Presidential libraries, Dieter Rams’ Ten Principles for Good Design 2017 Tech Industry Edition, Ai Weiwei, I.M. Pei

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 107: Scientific Advances

Science poster redesign, Eli Baden-Lasar’s portraits of his sperm-donor siblings, Jony Ive parodies, a ridiculous commercial

Michael Bierut|Audio

Brute Force

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

Michael Bierut|Audio

Hello

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

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 60: Everyman and Ariane

The new Ken dolls, Tonl and diversity in stock photography, Zillow threatens McMansion Hell, InspiroBot

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