Posts tagged pentagram
Pentagram bring their portfolio into 2011.
The one thing about professional services firms –portraiture of people is hard, it’s easy to photograph (and rephotograph) the work, but not as easy to photograph or write about the people behind it.
Michael Bierut Portrait

The best viewpoint required that I shoot from a twelve foot ladder on Fifth Avenue at rush hour, across the street from Pentagram. I unsuccessfully attempted to get a permission from the city of New York and then just decided to wing it, hoping that any passing police would assume that I must have a permit. To decrease my chances of getting run over by a bus, I persuaded a NYC garbage truck driver to park on Fifth Avenue in just the right spot to protect me and my ladder from traffic.

So much squee for Pentagram
Michael Bierut claims that he’s not creative. 5 Secrets from 86 Notebooks
Michael Bierut Discusses Design’s Rising Status with AIGA Philly (via AIGAPhilly)