The Observatory: Dollars and Change

On this episode of The Observatory, Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand discuss the midterm election and currency design. Plus Jessica imitates a London cabbie, and Michael nails the pronunciation of our sponsor, MailChimp.

Also mentioned and worth looking at:

The November 6, 2014, cover of Time featuring Mitch McConnell and Shepard Fairey’s response
Travis Purrington’s redesign of the U.S. Dollar
Snøhetta remakes Norwegian currency
Norway’s new passport
Marvin Heiferman on the slipperiness of photography at Paris Photo
Jody Rosen on The Knowledge, London’s taxi test.
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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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