Gallery: Famed Designer Michael Bierut Doesn't Believe in Creativity

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    Bierut designed this poster in 1999 for the Architectural League of New York’s annual Beaux Arts Ball
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    Bierut's clever do not poop signs for St. John the Devine's cathedral.
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    The shape-shifting logo for MIT Media Lab.
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    More MIT visuals.
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    Bierut has filled more than 100 composition notebooks.
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    Bierut and his team designed the wayfinding graphics for New York City.
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    Detail shot.
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    A piece of the New York Times building's sign.
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    Bierut's first mass-produced piece of graphic design was a poster for his high school play.
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    Sketches for the MIT identity.
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    Sketches for the Saks Fifth Avenue identity.
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