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