‘Now You See It’
Publications — Nov 07, 2017Michael Bierut’s new book of essays is published by Princeton Architectural Press.

Pentagram’s Michael Bierut collects his recent writing in the new collection , published by .
In 54 short pieces from the past decade, Bierut explores a diverse array of subjects. Essays range across design history, practice, and process; urban design and architecture; design hoaxes; pop culture; Hydrox cookies, Peggy Noonan, baseball, The Sopranos; an inside look at his experience creating the "H" logo for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign; and a tribute to his mentor, Massimo Vignelli. The book follows Bierut’s 2007 collection, Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design.
Bierut recently celebrated the publication of Now You See It with friends, colleagues and clients at , the design bookshop co-founded by Pentagram alums Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
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Photographs by Federico Rodriguez Caldentey.