The Observatory Newsletter

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Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 61: Font of Corruption?

Pakistan, Donald Trump Jr., default fonts; Calibri, Courier, Hobo, Cooper Black; Silicon Valley corporate headquarters; subway signage mystery; The Turnaround; Steven Colbert’s Figure-It-Out-a-Tron

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 59: Signatures and Circles

Egregious email signatures, circular Twitter avatars, Wonder Woman, Demetri Martin’s Dean

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 58: The Family Circus

Green lights for the Paris Climate Accord, NY Times Magazine comics issue, Lynda Barry in Family Circus, knitting as spycraft, Jim Russek’s poster for Our Town

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 57: Communion and Commerce

A record-breaking Basquiat; design, life coaching, and therapy; Thomas de Monchaux reviews Wendy Lesser’s biography of Louis Kahn; a neural network names paint colors

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 54: Egos, Eggs, and Half an Onion

Twitter’s default avatar, border wall submissions, Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi ad, School for Justice, the Uline catalog

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 53: On Writing Well

#trypod, Dan Brown cover contest, Design in Tech, writing for designers, The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, Wes Anderson’s Bar Luce

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 51: Vintages

Behance Design Trends of 2017, George Nelson’s How to See, Michael K. Williams, W.E.B. Du Bois’ infographics

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 50: What Democracy Looks Like

The Women’s March, Parker Palmer, The Young Pope, Oreos, Girl Scout Cookies

Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 49: My First Tattoo

Tattoos, Type 1 diabetes, ID cards, taking MBA students to the art gallery, Kerry James Marshall, Mark Rothko, Mike Mills, the 2017 Citizen Designer Pledge