The Observatory Newsletter

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 119: Soldiers and Generals

Kyle Chayka’s “The Longing for Less”; minimalism; Hugh Weber joins Design Observer; Don Norman on collaboration; Maggie Gram on design thinking; the death of Mr. Peanut; Fanchon & Marco

Michael Bierut|Audio

September Issues

Google’s new logo, design thinking, and lessons from Oliver Sacks

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 55: Sea and Sky

Earth Day, the March for Science, EPA Graphic Standards Manual, Design and Exclusion, Big Little Lies, Five Came Back

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 89: Headsets and Holograms

VR typography, Glenn Gould hologram tour, Paul Rand ephemera auction, Robert Venturi, Mark Lamster’s Philip Johnson biography, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colors

Michael Bierut|Audio

A Seat at the Table

The President needs a Cabinet-level Secretary of Design — or a design consigliere

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 56: All the Presidents’ Libraries

Presidential libraries, Dieter Rams’ Ten Principles for Good Design 2017 Tech Industry Edition, Ai Weiwei, I.M. Pei

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 107: Scientific Advances

Science poster redesign, Eli Baden-Lasar’s portraits of his sperm-donor siblings, Jony Ive parodies, a ridiculous commercial

Michael Bierut|Audio

Brute Force

Behind the Bataclan, pigeon pathologists, Design Thinking at IBM, the Coke bottle at 100, Michael Gross

Michael Bierut|Audio

Hello

Michael finally gets an iPhone, the Pirelli calendar, Amy Schumer, design and TV 

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 60: Everyman and Ariane

The new Ken dolls, Tonl and diversity in stock photography, Zillow threatens McMansion Hell, InspiroBot

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 127: Fear and Longing

Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters; Hrishi Hirway and Mike Errico; The Quiz Broadcast; Shakespeare and Co. Project