
Michael Bierut, Jessica Helfand|Audio
December 31, 2009
A Seat at the Table
Michael, who worked on the Hillary logo, looks beyond the presidential campaign to the need for design sensibility in governing. Since the shaky launch of healthcare.gov, the federal government has put digital strategists and UI specialists in place, but
Is there a big picture about how government communicates with citizens and the way that citizens make their needs and desires known to government that could be enhanced by design?…
Perhaps, Michael says,
What the U.S. government needs is a Cabinet-level design post, with design defined really broadly. A Secretary of Design. And it’s not just about making sure that the lawn signs all have the right typeface…
Also mentioned this week:
- Lisa Kay Solomon, Why Hillary Clinton Needs a Designer in Chief
- Rise of the DEO
- George Nelson
- Khoi Vinh, Advice for Founders Looking to Hiring Their First Designer
- Steven Brill, America’s Bitter Pill
- The Times Magazine’s New York Issue
- Emma Cline, The Girls
- Holy Hell
- Andrew Marantz, How Silicon Valley Nails Silicon Valley
- Showrunners Alec Berg and Mike Judge on Fresh Air
- The Conjoined Triangles of Success
- The Ever-Changing Magic of Silicon Valley’s Title Sequence
- Tony Hendra, Going Too Far
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