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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

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Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 59: Signatures and Circles

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 50: What Democracy Looks Like

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

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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

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Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 48: Lella and La La

Lella Vignelli, John Berger, Second Avenue Subway, Jackie, La La Land

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Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 47: True Colors

Pantone’s color of the year, Time’s Person of the Year, Arrival, The Hater’s Guide to the Williams-Sonoma Catalog, Seinfeldia

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Michael Bierut|Audio

Episode 46: TV Party

TV party: Search Party, The Crown, Fleabag, Crisis in Six Scenes, Highston, I Love Dick, Daniella Zalcman, the fallout shelter sign

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