Michael Bierut, Jessica Helfand|Audio
April 23, 2015
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.
Also discussed:
• Josef Müller-Brockmann, Grid Systems in Graphic Design
• Michael Kimmelman on the new Whitney Museum
• The Thesis Book Project
• Johanna Basford, Secret Garden
• A History of the Cake Mix
This episode is sponsored by Blurb, where your ideas become great books. To get a 20% discount, listen to learn more.
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Jessica Helfand, a founding editor of Design Observer, is an award-winning graphic designer and writer and a former contributing editor and columnist for Print, Communications Arts and Eye magazines. A member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and a recent laureate of the Art Director’s Hall of Fame, Helfand received her B.A. and her M.F.A. from Yale University where she has taught since 1994.