This week, Jessica and Michael discuss all the considerations to take in rebuilding the spire of Notre Dame, which erupted in flames on April 15.
Jessica raises the questions,
What is the history that you are trying to embody? What is the responsibility of the architect to the pursuit of romance and nobility and nostalgia?
Also mentioned this week:
Wikipedia on Viollet le Duc
Architect Magazine, Rebuilding Notre Dame It’s Complicated
The Times, Sharp British Ideas for Notre Dame
Dezeen, Notre Dame Alternative Cathedral Designs,
New York Times, Notre Dame Fire Investigation
Intelligencer, The Many Problems with Biden’s Logo According to the Haters
Fast Company, Joe Biden’s Logo Has a Problem I Can’t Unsee
Fast Company, Pete Buttigieg Debuts Radical New Approach to Campaign Branding, >Lindsay Ballant Twitter thread on Buttigieg
Mina Markham, Medium, Pantsuit UI Pattern Library
Quartz, Candidates 404 Pages ranked by cringe factor
LiveScience, Unidentifiable Objects Viral Photo
Wesley Morris, The New York Times, Rom Coms Were Corny And Retrograde, Why Do I Miss Them So Much?
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Michael Bierut studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati, and has been a partner in the New York office of Pentagram since 1990. Michael is a Senior Critic in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art.
Jessica Helfand, a founding editor of Design Observer, is an award-winning graphic designer and writer. A former contributing editor and columnist for Print, Eye and Communications Arts magazine, she is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale and a recent laureate of the Art Director’s Hall of Fame. Jessica received both her BA and MFA from Yale University where she has taught since 1994. In 2013, she won the AIGA medal.