Media

Michael Bierut|Audio

Inside the Lines

Michael and Jessica discuss the The Grid, which uses artificial intelligence to design websites, the history of grids, and the unlikely success of coloring books for adults.

Bonnie Siegler|Three Reasons

Three Reasons: Macbeth

Roman Polanski’s masterful film adaptation of the Shakespeare play

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Rue du Temple, Paris by Gail Albert Halaban

The lure of a lighted window

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: J.G. Ballard by Brian Griffin

The science fiction of the ordinary

Michael Bierut|Audio

The Observatory: Land, Rand, Mad Men

Michael and Jessica talk about a panel they participated in at 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.

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Butlin’s holiday camp by Edmund Nägele

A sixties vacation in glowing color

Debbie Millman|Audio

Jessica Walsh + Timothy Goodman

On this week’s episode Debbie Millman talks to Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman about their unusual collaboration

Timothy Young|Essays

Whither the Codex

A report from the frontlines of the book art movement

Jessica Helfand|Thesis Book Project

License to Risk: The Square Revisited

Jessica Helfand shares her MFA thesis

Bonnie Siegler|Dear Bonnie

Distressed in Dix Hills

Style comes naturally

Rob Walker|Essays

The Craft of the Fake

A crafty art forger’s work inspires an idea: authorized forgeries.

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Berlin scene by Wolfgang Zurborn

The hidden order of the random