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Michael Bierut + Jessica Helfand | Audio

Episode 73: Fire, Fury, Playtime

This year’s Golden Globe Awards ceremony saw celebrities wearing black to acknowledge the problem of sexual harassment in Hollywood and beyond. As Jessica watched on television,

I did find myself thinking, Michael, that you could never say that designers would wear black as a form of protest because designers only ever wear black.

Also mentioned this week:

Eva Hagberg Fisher, New York Times, How I Learned to Look Believable
Oprah Winfrey’s speech at the Golden Globes
Steven Heller’s eulogy in Print
Steven Brower’s farewell to Print
Happy Toast, pop-up version of Fire and Fury
Edel Rodriguez’s cover for Fire and Fury
Jacques Tati’s PlayTime

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