The Observatory: Land, Rand, Mad Men

On this episode, Michael and Jessica talk about a panel they participated in at Everything Is Design, the Paul Rand exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, plus the return of Mad Men and the fate of photography giants Kodak and Polaroid.

Also discussed:

• Colorforms

• Daniel Lewandowski’s Paul Rand site

• Mad Men S1E13: The Wheel on Netflix

• The New York Times article and video on the future of Kodak

• Polaroidland, a site by Instant author Christopher Bonanos

• The Mad Men monument by Pentagram partners Lorenzo Apicella, Michael Bierut, and Emily Oberman.

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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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