Michael Bierut

Michael Bierut is a partner at large at Pentagram Design NYC, where he was a partner since 1990. 

Michael is a designer, writer and thinker who has created work for a dazzling array of clients including Benetton, Disney, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, MIT Media Lab, and 92nd Street Y. In 2016, he volunteered for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and designed its core identity system for the campaign (with Jesse Reed and Jennifer Kinon).

In our chat, Michael shares the process of creating the typographical facade (with Britt Cobb) at the top corner of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. (Project images from Pentagram’s website.)