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Cześć! W najnowszym odcinku, tuż przed Wielkanocą, postanowiłem pokazać, jak odradzała się Polska po II wojnie światowej. W tamtym czasie najważniejszą postacią w państwie był Bolesław Bierut – lider Polskiej Partii Robotniczej, przemianowanej później na Polską Zjednoczoną Partię Robotniczą, a także prezydent kraju.Nie skupiłem się jednak na polityce. Tym razem opowiadam o codziennym życiu zwykłych ludzi. Gdzie mieszkali? Jak wyglądała ich codzienność? Co jedli i czy mogli liczyć na opiekę lekarską? Nie ma wątpliwości – życie w powojennej Polsce nie należało do łatwych. O wszystko trzeba było walczyć.Tę szarą rzeczywistość oplatały też macki systemu, który chciał kontrolować każdą dziedzinę życia. Lekarz przestał być wolnym zawodem. Repertuar kin podporządkowano propagandzie. A jeśli ktoś miał dwa lub więcej mieszkań – państwo kwaterowało lokatorów bez pytania właściciela o zgodę.Jeśli jesteście ciekawi, jak wyglądało życie w Polsce Ludowej tuż po wojnie – zapraszam na nowy odcinek.
Explore the life and legacy of graphic design pioneer Jacqueline Casey, whose bold, modernist posters defined MIT's visual identity for decades — with insights from designer Michael Bierut, we uncover how Casey infused Swiss design principles with American ingenuity, led campus-wide design efforts, and created work that remains timeless and influential._______Support this podcast with a small donation: Buy Me A CoffeeThis show is powered by Nice PeopleJoin this podcast and the Patreon community: patreon.com/womendesignersyoushouldknowHave a 1:1 mentor call with Amber Asay: intro.co/amberasay_______Sources:Article: Eye Magazine Feature "Jacqueline Casey. Science and design"Article on Thérèse MollAbout Jacqueline (Jackie)Jacqueline Casey was a pioneering graphic designer whose work defined the visual identity of MIT for over three decades. Born in 1927 in Quincy, Massachusetts, she studied fashion design and illustration at MassArt before finding her way into graphic design. In 1955, her lifelong friend Muriel Cooper recruited her to the MIT Office of Publications, where Casey absorbed the principles of Swiss modernism and gave them her own twist—infusing wit, visual metaphors, and bold typography into her work.As Director of MIT's Design Services Office, she led campus-wide design efforts, creating posters and materials for scientific conferences, exhibitions, and cultural events. Her ability to simplify complex ideas with elegance and playfulness made her work timeless and celebrated globally. Today, her posters are held in the collections of MoMA, the Cooper Hewitt, and the MIT Museum, solidifying her as a quiet yet powerful force in modernist design history. About MichaelMichael Bierut is one of the most influential graphic designers of our time. A partner at Pentagram since 1990, his work spans iconic logos, brand identities, and campaigns for clients like The New York Times, Mastercard, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Bierut has been a longtime educator at Yale, co-founded Design Observer, and authored celebrated books, including How to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things. His work is held in the permanent collections of MoMA and the Cooper Hewitt, and his thought leadership continues to shape the design world.Follow Michael:Instagram: @mbierutWebsite: Pentragram.comThreads: @mbierut ____View all the visually rich 1-min reels of each woman on IG below:Instagram: Amber AsayInstagram: Women Designers Pod
Hej, zapraszam Was na najnowszy odcinek! Jak wyglądały przyjęcia u Stalina na daczy w Kuncewie, co w swoim barku w Belwederze miał Bierut, a także co w Warszawie wyprawiał Breżniew - tego dowiecie się oglądając ten film. Zdecydowałem się poruszyć dość zawstydzający wątek w historii komunistycznych władz w PRL. Alkohol był poważnym problemem w partii rządzącej krajem po 1945 roku. Kłopoty z opanowaniem swoich nałogów mieli zarówno działacze na szczytach władzy jak i Ci najniższego szczebla. Niekiedy dochodziło do kuriozalnych sytuacji choć media bynajmniej na ten temat nie informowały. Jednocześnie wśród wielu Polaków narastała frustracja ich Polską zarządzają pijacy i degeneraci, a obraz przedstawiany w komediach Barei niekiedy niewiele odbiegał od szarej rzeczywistości PRL. Więcej na ten temat dowiecie się z filmu!
The Season 8 Premiere of Meet the Creatives with Michael Beirut, Partner at Pentagram. Michael Bierut studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, graduating summa cum laude in 1980. He worked for ten years at Vignelli Associates before joining Pentagram as a partner in 1990. His clients at Pentagram have included The New York Times, Saks Fifth Avenue, The Robin Hood Foundation, MIT Media Lab, Mastercard, Bobby Flay Bold Foods, Princeton University, the New York Jets, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Playwrights Horizons. As a volunteer to Hillary Clinton's communications team, he designed the H logo that was ubiquitous throughout her 2016 presidential campaign. Bierut served as president of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 1988 to 1990 and is president emeritus of AIGA National. He also serves on the boards of the Architectural League of New York and the Library of America. Bierut was elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale in 1989, to the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame in 2003, and was awarded the profession's highest honor, the AIGA Medal, in 2006. He was winner in the Design Mind category at the 2008 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards. In 2016, he was the Henry Wolf Resident in Graphic Design at the American Academy in Rome. Bierut is a senior critic in graphic design at the Yale School of Art and a lecturer in the practice of design and management at the Yale School of Management. He is a cofounder of the website Design Observer and is the co-editor of the five-volume series Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design published by Allworth Press. Michael's book 79 Short Essays on Design was published in 2007 by Princeton Architectural Press. A monograph on his work, How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry and (every once in a while) change the world was published in 2015 by Harper Collins. His collection of new essays, Now You See It, was published in fall 2017.
Premier Tusk uważa, że sprawa reparacji od Niemiec jest prawnie zamknięta. My uważamy, że decyzje, które podjął Bierut w tej sprawie są nieważne. Prawo i Sprawiedliwość na poziomie sejmu złożyło projekt uchwały, który miał być początkiem dyskusji, wciąż czekamy na rozmowy w sprawie sytuacji prawnej w Polsce. Marszałek Sejmu Szymon Hołownia nie zrobił z tym nic. Polacy powinni odpowiedzieć sobie na pytanie czy stanowisko rządu wobec inwestycji takich jak CPK im odpowiada. To stanowisko nie jest wspólne z interesem Polski.
Czy decyzja prezydenta Dudy podważa jego autorytet? Czy Polska oddala się od demokratycznych rządów? Czy komisja weryfikacyjna będzie wykorzystywana jako narzędzie wyborcze? O kontrowersyjnej decyzji głowy państwa Kamila Biedrzycka rozmawia z wicemarszałkiem sejmu Piotrem Zgorzelskim z Trzeciej Drogi. Posłuchaj całej dyskusji!
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.12.30.522330v1?rss=1 Authors: Kamarajan, C., Pandey, A. K., Chorlian, D. B., Meyers, J. L., Kinreich, S., Pandey, G., Subbie Saenz de Viteri, S., Zhang, J., Kuang, W., Barr, P. B., Aliev, F., Anokhin, A. P., Plawecki, M. H., Kuperman, S., Almasy, L., Merikangas, A., Brislin, S. J., Bauer, L., Hesselbrock, V., Chan, G., Kramer, J., Lai, D., Hartz, S., Bierut, L. J., McCutcheon, V. V., Bucholz, K. K., Dick, D. M., Schuckit, M. A., Edenberg, H. J., Porjesz, B. Abstract: Memory problems are common among older adults with a history of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Employing a machine learning framework, the current study investigates the use of multi-domain features to classify individuals with and without alcohol-induced memory problems. A group of 94 individuals (ages 50-81 years) with alcohol-induced memory problems (Memory group) were compared with a matched Control group who did not have memory problems. The Random Forests model identified specific features from each domain that contributed to the classification of Memory vs. Control group (AUC=88.29%). Specifically, individuals from the Memory group manifested a predominant pattern of hyperconnectivity across the default mode network regions except some connections involving anterior cingulate cortex which were predominantly hypoconnected. Other significant contributing features were (i) polygenic risk scores for AUD, (ii) alcohol consumption and related health consequences during the past 5 years, such as health problems, past negative experiences, withdrawal symptoms, and the largest number of drinks in a day during the past 12 months, and (iii) elevated neuroticism and increased harm avoidance, and fewer positive "uplift" life events. At the neural systems level, hyperconnectivity across the default mode network regions, including the connections across the hippocampal hub regions, in individuals with memory problems may indicate dysregulation in neural information processing. Overall, the study outlines the importance of utilizing multidomain features, consisting of resting-state brain connectivity collected ~18 years ago, together with personality, life experiences, polygenic risk, and alcohol consumption and related consequences, to predict alcohol-related memory problems that arise in later life. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC
Across his four-decade-long career in graphic design, Michael Bierut has amassed an impressively robust tally of bold-faced clients. From The New York Times, Saks Fifth Avenue, and the Robin Hood Foundation to Mastercard, the New York Jets, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Bierut and his team at the multidisciplinary design firm Pentagram—which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a two-volume book from the publisher Unit Editions, and where he has been a partner since 1990—have crafted some of the most unforgettable, standout identities and graphics around. Perhaps most notable in recent years, Bierut devised the unequivocal “H” logo used throughout Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. Consistently fueled by the sheer delight he finds in design, Bierut is also a co-founder of the website Design Observer, launched in 2003 and among the first online platforms dedicated entirely to design. With everything he creates, Bierut whittles each of his concepts down to its most essential core, ultimately arriving at something that feels both rigorously thought through and inevitable in its simplicity.On this episode of Time Sensitive, Bierut talks with Andrew about the integral practice of keeping notebooks throughout his life; the deep groundedness of his nearly lifelong relationship with his wife and high-school sweetheart, Dorothy Kresz; and why the “why” of design is far more important to him than the “how.”Special thanks to our Season 6 sponsor, L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts.Show notes:Michael Bierut01:13:57 Pentagram00:23:28 Design Observer01:23:40 Mastercard logo01:30:44 The Library Initiative01:39:26 How To01:39:59 Pentagram: Living by Design
Był rok 1955. Stalin umarł dwa lata wcześniej, Bierut jeszcze żył, ale w powietrzu czuć było nadchodzącą odwilż. W takich okolicznościach w Warszawie odbył się V Światowy Festiwal Młodzieży i Studentów. Do Polski zjechali młodzi ludzie z krajów demokracji ludowej, by Polaków poznać i, być może przede wszystkim, iść z nimi do łóżka. Festiwal był momentem polskiej rewolucji seksualnej.Czy jednak: momentem jedynym? Jak zmieniało się polskie podejście do seksu – od przedwojennej, silnie zerotyzowanej epoki przez okupację i komunizm? Co działo się w Polsce w roku 1968, kiedy we Francji i w Stanach Zjednoczonych rozpoczęła się światowa rewolta w dziedzinie erotyki? Jak to wszystko zmienił rok 1989 – wejście do naszego kraju pornografii i pism radzących, jak mieć dobry orgazm – a jak akces do Unii Europejskiej, otwarcie granic i program Erasmus? Co przyniósł Tinder, a co wydarzenia roku 2020?To temat rozmowy z Sylwią Chutnik – pisarką, autorką powieści „Tyłem do kierunku jazdy”, która o seksie traktuje i właśnie podczas festiwalu w 1955 r. się zaczyna. Wraz z prozaiczką przyglądamy się kolejom polskiego życia erotycznego i temu, co je ukształtowało. Bez gry wstępnej – oto rozmowa.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Powojenna Polska, poddana dyktatowi "Kraju Rad", nie była niewzruszonym monolitem terytorialnym. Graniczna linia się zmieniała, jak w przypadku "korekty" zgodnie z "umową" z ZSRR sprzed 71 lat - z 15 lutego 1951 r. Piszę te słowa w cudzysłowie, bo są eufemizmami. Propagandowa "korekta" była prawdziwą tragedią dla mieszkańców tych ziem, a "umowa" była stalinowskim dyktatem. Towarzysz Bolesław Bierut, zwany "prezydentem", zrobił gest "ruki pa szwam", stanął na baczność i uczynił to, co mu w Moskwie kazali. Dlatego na antenie radia RMF24 w rozmowie z dr Piotrem Olechowskim, historykiem z Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, nie chciały mi przejść przez usta oficjalne terminy.
Marcin Fryncko jest wideo blogerem. Razem rozmawialiśmy o książce “Dzień wagarowicza”.Zaczęliśmy jednak od pytania: czy czytelnicy to snoby? Później rozmawialiśmy o wyznaczaniu sobie celów czytelniczych na cały rok.Autor “Dnia wagarowicza” czyli Robert Ziębiński jest dziennikarzem, który ma na koncie kilka książek, w tym dwie o Stephenie Kingu.Tłem historycznym dla powieści jest śmierć Bieruta w 1956 roku oraz przejęcie władzy przez Edwarda Ochaba. Ojciec dla bezpieczeństwa wysyła córkę na Mazury. Niestety tam właśnie dochodzi do ataków na ludzie przez jakieś bestie z lasu.Autor to tło historyczne potraktował dość lekko. Bohaterką jest Inga Ochab - nieistniejąca córka I sekretarza PZPR Edwarda Ochaba. Drugą ważną postacią jest Roman, ukrywający się były żołnierz AK. Autor zaczyna swoją historię od wstępu. Czy był on potrzebny? Czy raczej wybija czytelnika i nie pozwala się zanurzyć w fabule?Robert Ziębiński używa trochę gwary mazowieckiej, ale bez przesady.Marcin Fryncko - kanał na YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBQDhwbVplG2ovFhQe-AB6A/videosrecenzja Dnia Wagarowicza na kanale Marcina:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUKCPol-e8Ewideo: "Czy czytelnicy to snoby"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrCzLK_sSCk
Józef Stalin - jak się okazało - miał ogromny wkład w powstanie konstytucji PRL w roku 1952. Podobno jego osobiste poprawki pozwoliły zachować biało-czerwone barwy flagi i orła na godle narodowym. Reszta była kopią podobnych "konstytucji" krajów demokracji ludowej. Co ciekawe nowa władza socjalistyczna już od roku 1944 nawiązywała do rozwiązań prawnoustrojowych II Rzeczpospolitej i co najważniejsze nie inspirowała się mało demokratyczną konstytucją z roku 1935, co w sumie byłoby wygodne, ale bazowała na konstytucji marcowej z roku 1921.
W tym odcinku robimy sobie mini wakacje. Jesteśmy nad Bałtykiem, w Zoppocie, jednym z najmodniejszych kurortów niemieckiej riwiery. Odwiedzamy rodzinę Claaszenów w ich imponującej, eklektycznej willi. Po latach zamieszka tu m.in. prezydent Bierut i premier Cyrankiewicz z Niną Andrycz, a potem będzie tu Muzeum Sopotu. Jaką historię opowiedzą nam wnętrza willi? Więcej na:https://www.facebook.com/Gablotkipodcast https://www.instagram.com/gablotki/
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Today we have some exclusive talks with a previous guest, Maurice Philogene. If you don’t remember, Maurice is a Senior Executive, Real Estate Investor, Restaurant Owner, Explorer, Public Servant (Federal Agent & Police Officer), and Aspiring Philanthropist. He’s passionate, not only about, serving clients in the consulting space and Financial Freedom via passive income, but serving people in need all over the world. Let’s get into the show and learn from Maurice why throwing money at a problem may not be a solution, and what you can do today to make a positive impact.[00:01 - 03:11] Opening Segment Welcome back Maurice Philogene Maurice fills us in on what he’s been up to [03:12 - 09:35] Giving Back to People Who Need ItMaurice talks about his humanitarian efforts If Maurice ha been on Bierut at the time of the blast Maurice’s current experience seeing Lebanon[09:35 - 12:37] Sending Money Isn’t EnoughMaurice talks about why just sending money won’t help specific problemsThe value of connecting physically as long as your safe[12:38 - 18:30] The Freedom to Do Life Your WayMaurice talks about getting unplugged while managing real estate Future plans with the family Maurice talks about being in law enforcement in this current environment [18:31 - 22:49] Closing SegmentA conversation around video culture What you can do to make a difference Final words Tweetable Quotes:“Once you connect with people and make friends with people, you want to physically be there for them. So no matter where it is… I would always go in person.” - Maurice PhilogeneYou can connect with Maurice on LinkedIn and Instagram (@MauricePhilogene). Check out https://www.thequattroway.com/ to learn more about Maurice’s space. LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explode their business growth by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes.Dreamcatchers is an inclusive organization that targets people’s interest in being more instead of a certain demographic. We have people from all walks of life at many different ages. Find out more at www.dreamsshouldbereal.com. Find out more about Jerome at www.d3v3loping.com or www.myersmethods.com
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How is it the 200th episode!? How have I been doing this for almost 4 years??! Whether I believe it or not, this is 200 baby! So to CELEBRATE it's only natural that we have one of the most CELEBRATED creative professionals on the planet, designer Michael Bierut!!! In this episode we explore how to make creativity that's valuable, why it matters that you care about your craft (even if it's not what the audience cares about) and how to stay excited about your work even after you've reached major career milestones. We also chat about Bierut's upcoming talk at the Exhibit Columbus 2018 Nation Symposium. This is in Columbus, IN (my hometown) not Columbus, OH (my current home)... I know... it's a tad confusing, but I promise it will all make sense if you just listen! :) Links: Michael Bierut https://www.pentagram.com/about/michael-bierut Bierut's 'Seven Things Designers Can Learn from Stand Up Comics https://designobserver.com/feature/seven-things-designers-can-learn-from-stand-up-comics/27038 Exhibit Columbus 2018 National Symposium https://exhibitcolumbus.org/2018-symposium CREDITS Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music. Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast! www.alexsugg.com SPONSORS Astropad App - Turn Your iPad into a Graphics Tablet! The episode art was made using Astropad! Use promo code PIZZA for 10% Astropad Studio! http://astropad.com/?utm_source=Creative%20Pep%20Talk&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Creative%20Pep%20Talk This week’s episode is brought to you by Wix.com With Wix, the web your playground. Start with a blank page and design your website in any layout you want. HTTP://WIX.COM/CREATIVEPEP
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Again and again, we hear pundits and talking heads explain how disasters can be good for the economy. If that were true, then Bierut would be the wealthiest place on Earth. We'll learn how destroying capital is never a good thing, no matter how often the Keynesians repeat the mantra. The Blue Collar Economist(www.thebluecollareconomist.com.
Michael Bierut worked for ten years at Vignelli Associates, ultimately as vice president of graphic design. He then joined Pentagram in 1990 as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Bierut’s projects at Pentagram have included identity and branding for Verizon, MIT Media Lab, and the New York Jets; environmental graphics and signage for The New York Times, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Walt Disney Company, and so many more projects in every discipline of design. He has won hundreds of design awards, work is represented in the permanent collections of the MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in 1989, Bierut was elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale. If that all wasn’t enough, Bierut is a Senior Critic in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art. In this episode, we speak with Michael about the branding and identity work he did for Playwrights Horizons, an independent theater in New York City.
This week on the Gaming Pilgrimage Podcast (Episode 95 - Delete Is All, Retry! (feat. Devon Bierut)) Special Guest: Devin Bierut, Host of Emblemcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-131072822 - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (SPOILERS until 41:00), Pokemon Sun and Moon, Resident Evil 4 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, Survivor Season 33, Legion, Overwatch, RIP 980TI - Always Sunny in Philadelphia, JoJo's Bizzare Adventure, Serial Experiments Lain - One Punch Man, Hitman Season 1, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Gravity Rush Remastered - Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, Metroid: Zero Mission, Stardust Memory & Zeta Gundam, Moana - Hitman / Home Alone Cross Over DLC - Legend of Heroes: Akatsuki no Kiseki coming to Vita - Dragon Quest XI release date coming 2017 - Dragon Quest Heroes 3 rumored in development - Dynasty Warrior 9 Revealed, Open-World China - Street Fighter 5 rage-quitters get named and shamed in next update - Age of Empires 2 HD: Rise of Rajas Expansion Revealed - Darkest Dungeon The Crimson Court DLC revealed - CD Projekt Red awarded $7 Million from the Polish Government for future Game Development - Assassin's Creed Weird Face Fixed - Super Mario Run Sells Close to 3 Million Copies in the First Day - Nintendo Switch Rumored to use older Maxwell-based GPU instead of new Pascal-based ones - NES Mini sells 200'000 Units in 30 Days, more than then Wii U does in 6 Months - Mass Effect: Andromeda game's creative director says players should keep save data for Future Titles - 5v5 Old Time Hockey coming to PC, straight out of the 90s in 2017 - Questions and Answers (Email your questions to GamingPilgrimagePodcast@gmail.com) ... and more The Gaming Pilgrimage Podcast is three friends talking about whatever is on our minds about video games, anime and other pop culture. Episodes go up every Wednesday. Viewer Discretion is Advised Intro Music - Green Grass Graduation Remix (from Megaman ZX) by 0rangaStang - Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaAAQzS42cU Outro Music - Neonature Remix (from Deus Ex) by OC Remixer "nervous_testpilot" - Link: ocremix.org/remix/OCR02997 Permission to use remixes obtained from Remixers
Felix Sockwell is an illustrator and graphic designer based in New Jersey. Following a storied early career in some of New York's top agencies, Felix changed direction to pursue his solo practice as an illustrator. For him, setting up outside the City didn't mean obscurity; instead, he's developed a unique signature style and works with a varied of high-profile clients like Facebook and The New York Times. See more of his work on his website, FelixSockwell.com Audio Player 00:00 Use Left/Right Arrow keys to advance one second, Up/Down arrows to advance ten seconds. 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Felix Sockwell for WQXR, his signature continuous-line illustration style, click to enlarge Show Notes & Links Felix describes himself as both a designer and illustrator, from a family background in design, illustration, and advertising “Illustrative Designer” Von Glitschka East Texas State University, Felix's almost mater DDB Needham/Tracey-Locke, ad agency in Dallas The Richards Group, communication agency in Dallas Brian Collins Ogilvy‘s Brand Integration Group (BIG) in New York, known for their 16-hour days Rick Boyko Laurie Rosenwald Luke Hayman Tom Vasquez Alan Dye Felix's style is continuous vector line illustration Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, cover artwork by Felix Sockwell T.S. Monk — one of Thelonius Monk's similarly-named sons — lives in South Orange, NJ Charles Anderson Eric Johnson Starwood Hotels Le Méridien, a Paula Scher/Pentagram client at the time Christine Blackburne, photographer and previous podcast guest Highlights Puzzle Pushpin Studios, an influence for Felix Prescott worked with Seymour Chwast Norman Rockwell‘s style Joe Marianek, formerly of Michael Bierut‘s team at Pentagram and past guest on Design Matters with Debbie Millman. (Bierut and Millman have both been guests on The Busy Creator Podcast, by the way) karlssonwilker Paul Sahre South Orange “feels like Williamsburg, Brooklyn” (according to Felix, at least) Felix's recent calendar poster for NPR – Jonathan Selikoff, founder of Vote for Letterpress in South Orange, NJ “Squirrels are our friends” Kyle Webster, illustrator Tools iPhone Adobe Illustrator (not Photoshop, not InDesign) Techniques Work with a rep/agent only when it's a really big job Habits Save tedious or intricate pieces for yourself, for later use (ex. drawings of hands) Embrace the slow evolution of your own style Build a personal zone, which can involve coffee, music, or weed Get The Episode Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 37(MP3, 36:49, 17.8 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 37(OGG, 36:49, 32.3 MB) Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes Something to add? Leave a comment below to participate in the conversation.
The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 30 with Designer, Educator & Writer Michael Bierut Michael Bierut (@MichaelBierut) is one of today's most renowned and respected graphic designers. Since 1990, he has been a Partner at Pentagram, where he works with clients like MIT Media Lab, The Yale School of Architecture, and the New York Jets. In addition to his work at Pentagram, he is a Senior Critic in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art and co-founded the online publication Design Observer, where he writes about design and creative culture. Together we discuss Michael's feelings in becoming a business owner, how he divides work duties with his team, the clunky process of learning business skills as a young designer, and the exhaustive routines which power his morning. We also learn the 19-syllable Starbucks order he buys each working day, and how long it takes him to run 3 miles. Read more about Michael via his lengthy biography on Pentagram's website. Show Notes & Links Pentagram's New York Office, and its library, where we recorded this episode Michael Bierut in the Pentagram Library. Image via The Architectural League of NY Michael [still] thinks of himself as a “working graphic designer” Michael's previous — and only — employers were Massimo & Lella Vignelli As a young designer, he “never spent a minute lying in bed wondering if a client was going to pay an overdue invoice.” Michael writes his own proposals; there is no “behemoth” behind the scenes “I thought I was ready to be a business owner, but I really didn't know much about it.” ← Click to tweet Pentagram Partners “really like to do the work.” Michael currently works with 6 designers, 2 project managers, and 2 interns. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” ← Click to tweet Teaching business skills to designers isn't “baked in” to Pentagram's ethos, but it happens through close collaboration Without cultural context, working as a designer can be a “long road to carpal tunnel syndrome.” Knopf Doubleday, publisher Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis New York Times “The world we live in was created by people no smarter than us.” —Prescott mis-quoting Steve Jobs ← Click to tweet “Designers are actors playing a part. We have to learn about X and show the world X.” ← Click to tweet Michael is a Lazy Designer “The time I invest [in proposals] is always intense and personal.” ← Click to tweet Michael's famous sketchbooks notebooks. Currently working with #104. Make It Bigger by Paula Scher Tools Marble composition notebooks Venti Triple Non-Fat Cappuccino from Starbucks Techniques Oversee a single designer, bring on a second only if you need it Keep your pitches/responses to briefs short but purposeful. Don't participate in theatrics. Ponder a problem during your morning run. Solve it during that time. Habits Wake up early (5:15a–5:35a) Jog 3 miles every morning Use vacations as a time to focus on a particular project Build writing into your routine. Chunk it down and don't give yourself a chance to escape.
Michael Bierut talks about words, and why design can’t fix bad content. Writing well is a challenge. Initiating Design Observer, his motivation and what he found the hardest. And finally the most important lesson he has learned. Design Observer :: Massimo Vignelli :: File Download (21:54 min / 20 MB)
Michael Bierut talks about his particular rituals and obsessions. He compares song writing to design and why it is similar. The most important quality of a designer. His heroes, how he doesn’t collect. His ideologies such as ‘there is always more than one way to solve a design problem’. Pentagram :: Michael Bierut Eye Interview :: Cole Porter :: Wim Crouwel :: Pushpin :: File Download (23:08 min / 21 MB)
Der polnische Historiker Piotr Madajczyk (Warschau) sprach in seinem Vortrag über den stalinistischen Terror in der Volksrepublik Polen. Spätestens mit der Vereinigung von Kommunisten und Sozialisten im Dezember 1948 waren die letzten Hindernisse auf dem Weg zur Diktatur beseitigt. Unter ihrem Generalsekretär Bolesław Bierut, der selbst Gegenstand eines pompösen Personenkultes wurde, überzogen die Kommunisten das Land mit Terror und Gewalt.
Der polnische Historiker Piotr Madajczyk (Warschau) sprach in seinem Vortrag über den stalinistischen Terror in der Volksrepublik Polen. Spätestens mit der Vereinigung von Kommunisten und Sozialisten im Dezember 1948 waren die letzten Hindernisse auf dem Weg zur Diktatur beseitigt. Unter ihrem Generalsekretär Bolesław Bierut, der selbst Gegenstand eines pompösen Personenkultes wurde, überzogen die Kommunisten das Land mit Terror und Gewalt.