Jessica Helfand is an artist, designer and writer. She grew up in Paris and New York City, and was educated at Yale University where she taught for more than two decades. A founding editor of Design Observer, she is the author of numerous books on visual and cultural criticism, including Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New Media and Visual Culture, Design: The Invention of Desire and Face: A Visual Odyssey.
The Waldo Emerson Essay
1. The Value of Barriers to Self-Reliance
2. Self-Reliance and the Individual
3. Self-Reliance and Society
Twelve essays by Jessica Helfand
On Learning
On Gravity
On Closure
On Loneliness
On Character
On Uncertainty
On Magnanimity
On Love
On Alchemy
On Chance
On Authenticity
On Individualism
On Narrative
