Episode 46: TV Party

On this episode, Jessica and Michael talk about some of the shows they’re watching on television: not only the nostalgic Nancy Drew key art from Search Party and Aaron Draplin’s title sequence for the I Love Dick pilot, but the pleasures and burdens of abundant quality.

Also mentioned:

The Night Of
The People vs. O.J. Simpson
Stranger Things
The Crown
Fleabag
Crisis in Six Scenes
Highston
Daniella Zalcman, Signs of Your Identity
Charles Coiner
Bill Geerhart, The Complete History of the Fallout Shelter Sign

Thanks to Autodesk for sponsoring this episode. Autodesk offers programs to support students, teachers, and entrepreneurs with free software.

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By Michael Bierut & Jessica Helfand

Jessica Helfand, a founding editor of Design Observer, is an award-winning graphic designer and writer and a former contributing editor and columnist for Print, Communications Arts and Eye magazines. A member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and a recent laureate of the Art Director’s Hall of Fame, Helfand received her B.A. and her M.F.A. from Yale University where she has taught since 1994.

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