Profile celebrates the individual designers who are partners of the international design studios of Pentagram.Nineteen partners are profiled by nineteen distinguished authors alongside explorations into Pentagram's strong collective ethos,uniquely successful organizational structure,and place in design history.
The Culture(s) of Pentagram by Susan Yelavich
The Idea of Pentagram by Rick Poynor
Working from the Inside Out. Lance Knobel on John McConnell
The Choreography of Site-Specific Media. Janet Abrams on Lisa Strausfeld
Picture Story. Emily King on Angus Hyland
Three Letters: e.V.O. Karrie Jacobs on Paula Scher
The Modest Art of Design. Deyan Sudjic on Daniel Weil
All-American. Kurt Andersen on Michael Bierut
Sensuality at Scale. Jeremy Myerson on Lorenzo Apicella
Design Diplomacy. Kurt Weidemann on Justus Oehler
Rainmaker. Mike Hicks on Lowell Williams
Designer = Editor = Curator = Collaborator = Designer. Lorraine Wild on Abbott Miller
The Investigator. Alain de Botton on John Rushworth
Mosaic. John Hockenberry on Woody Pirtle
Look Right, Work Right. Bruce Sterling on Robert Brunner
The Customer Is Always Wrong. Stephen Bayley on David Hillman
Hunter Gatherer. Owen Edwards on Kit Hinrichs
Our House in Sagaponack. Louis Begley on James Biber
A Texas Daredevil. Robert Draper on DJ Stout
Building Language. Paul Goldberger on Michael Gericke
Anti-Manner. Rose George on Fernando Gutidrrez
Partner Profiles
Index