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Michael Bierut|Audio
Episode 123: Closing Doors, Opening Doors
Looking at COVID=19: Flattening the curve, Washington Post designers Harry Stevens on visualizing social distancing, Alissa Walker on how dots are people, Stephen Sondheim at 90
Jessica Helfand|The Self-Reliance Project
Breathing
Breathing is one of those things you take for granted. Until you can’t.
Jessica Helfand|The Self-Reliance Project
Looking
What it means to be a maker during this pandemic.
Michael Bierut|Watch This Space
Design Observer Studio Sessions
Like many of you, we’re trying to make a safe haven out of something that can feel like solitary confinement.
Michael Bierut|Audio
Episode 122: At Arm’s Length
COVID-19, social distancing, LuÅ Dàwèi’s One Thousand Families project, hiring product designers, Eric Rosenberg’s prop designs for The Plot Against America, Joanne McNeil’s Lurking
Jessica Helfand|Audio
Episode 121: Love and Squalor
With guest host Alissa Walker of L.A. Podcast: Barbara Kruger at Frieze Week; Destination Crenshaw; homelessness; urban design competitions, Rose Lyster on air travel; Molly Young on garbage language
Michael Bierut|Audio
Episode 120: Federal Style
The Trump Administration’s draft executive order Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again, the rise of the blur, a CBS brand book at the California Antiquarian Fair, Anna Wiener’s Uncanny Valley
Michael Bierut|Audio
Episode 118: Excelsior!
Andrew Cuomo’s old-school political graphics; ridiculous subway ads, real and fake; Vaughan Oliver, John Baldessari, Sonny Mehta
Jessica Helfand|Audio
How Janelle Monáe Built a Creative Empire on Her Own Terms
Janelle Monáe is a singer, songwriter, actor, and producer.
Michael Bierut|Audio
Episode 117: Truth and Yogurt
Christmas cards, the Charles and Ray Eames collection, Didones, the Chobani effect, Hong Kong protest art, a dog who plays Jenga, Uncut Gems.
Jessica Helfand|Audio
S7E11: Paola Antonelli
Paola Antonelli is senior curator of the department of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art.
Jessica Helfand|Audio
S7E10: Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander is president of the Mellon Foundation.