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Michael Bierut, Jessica Helfand|Audio

December 31, 2009

Episode 80: Age and Authenticity

Jessica and Michael take off from The Age of Post-Authenticity and the Ironic Truths of Meme Culture, an essay by Jay Owens about these confusing times. Michael says:

Part of what this piece is about — and part of what the contemporary crisis is about that infects us at almost every level — is that we live in a world that is so saturated with these manners and manneredness all around us that it’s so difficult to find your own way in it. And I think that’s the challenge that all of us face in our daily life, no matter how old we are or how young we are.

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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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