News 
	
December 2018: Edited by Jessica Helfand and Michael Bierut, 
Culture is Not Always Popular: Fifteen Years of Design Observer will be out in early December from MIT Press. Buy the book 
here. See the video 
here.
November 2018: The Design of Business | The Business of Design 
conference will be held on November 2 and 3 at Yale School of Management.
September 2018: 
Face Value, Cooper Hewitt’s entry into the 2018 London Design Biennale, is named one of the four medalists.
July 2018: Jessica Helfand and Allison Arieff host 
a Next Stage event at Google on the ethics of design.
June 2018: Jessica Helfand is one of three artists chosen to participate in 
Face Value, the US entry into the London Design Biennale for 2018.
May 2018: Jessica Helfand hosts
 The Next Stage at 
The Mercantile Library in Cincinnati and The American Film Institute in Los Angeles.  
May 2018: Jessica Helfand debuts 
The Next Stage at Continuum in Boston.
March 2018: Jessica Helfand is keynote speaker for the
 In Pursuit of Luxury Conference, Cape Town, South Africa.