
Michael Bierut, Jessica Helfand|Audio
January 16, 2018
Episode 73: Fire, Fury, Playtime
This year’s Golden Globe Awards ceremony saw celebrities wearing black to acknowledge the problem of sexual harassment in Hollywood and beyond. As Jessica watched on television,
I did find myself thinking, Michael, that you could never say that designers would wear black as a form of protest because designers only ever wear black.
Also mentioned this week:
- Eva Hagberg Fisher, New York Times, How I Learned to Look Believable
- Oprah Winfrey’s speech at the Golden Globes
- Steven Heller’s eulogy in Print
- Steven Brower’s farewell to Print
- Happy Toast, pop-up version of Fire and Fury
- Edel Rodriguez’s cover for Fire and Fury
- Jacques Tati’s PlayTime
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