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The Literature of Inspiration
"If you can't find your inspiration by walking
around the block one time, go around two blocks. But
never three." – Robert Motherwell
A decade into both a marriage and a practice, Bill Drenttel
and Jessica Helfand not only have each other, they have
a library. Their presentation will explore books as
a source of ongoing inspiration in their practice and
in their lives.
Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel are partners in
winterhouse, a design studio in northwest Connecticut.
Recent clients include Nextbook, Poetry Foundation,
New England Journal of Medicine, Yale Law School, NYU
School of Journalism, University of Chicago Press, and
the National Design Awards. Jessica is a thesis critic
at Yale School of Art and the author of Screen:
Essays on Design and Visual Culture (2001) and
Reinventing the Wheel (2002) published by Princeton
Architectural Press. She is a graduate of Yale University.
William is president emeritus of The American Institute
of Graphic Arts, a trustee of the Cooper-Hewitt National
Design Museum, and a fellow of the New York Institute
of the Humanities. He is a graduate of Princeton University.
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