PRI: Studio 360 - Design for the Real World
Design for the Real World is an inside look at the hidden genius of everyday things - lipstick, sheetrock, tea bags, ballparks - from Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, public radio's weekly guide to what's happening in the culture. Produced by Public Radio International and ...
Design for the Real World is an inside look at the hidden genius of everyday things - lipstick, sheetrock, tea bags, ballparks - from Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, public radio's weekly guide to what's happening in the culture. Produced by Public Radio International and WNYC.
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The Rubik's Cube
Architect William Katavolos remembers the inventor of the most popular ...
Architect William Katavolos remembers the inventor of the most popular puzzle of the 1980s -- The Rubik's Cube.
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Vespa
The Italian icon of mid-century transport is back in the ...
The Italian icon of mid-century transport is back in the States, zipping around in irresistible candy colors. Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, has her own soft spot for the scooter. Produced by Angela Frucci.
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Vacuum Cleaner
Design Critic Philip Nobel confesses a peculiar passion for a ...
Design Critic Philip Nobel confesses a peculiar passion for a household appliance-- The Miele vacuum cleaner.
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The 1040
Graphic designer Michael Bierut appraises the design of the single ...
Graphic designer Michael Bierut appraises the design of the single most familiar government form, the one due to the IRS on Thursday, April 15, 2010.
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Baseball Glove
Bob Clevenhagen has been the head designer at Rawlings for ...
Bob Clevenhagen has been the head designer at Rawlings for more than thirty years -- and he's only the third person to hold that title in the company's 130-year history. We found Bob in his office at the Rawlings factory in Washington,
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Slots
You put your coins in, they disappear forever ... and ...
You put your coins in, they disappear forever ... and somehow you don't mind. We sent Hammad Ahmed to Atlantic City to find out what makes a slot machine spin.
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Roomba
Buy any robots lately? Robotics engineer Daniel H. Wilson explains ...
Buy any robots lately? Robotics engineer Daniel H. Wilson explains what's so special about a sentient little vacuum cleaner called the "Roomba." Produced by Caitlin Lindsey.
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Moped
Nathan Isherwood owns a moped repair and retail shop in ...
Nathan Isherwood owns a moped repair and retail shop in Brooklyn. He loves the modest motorbikes because they're easy to fix and they get 100 miles per gallon. Produced by Matt Frassica.
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Q-tips
Paola Antonelli explains the origins of everybody's favorite ear cleaner.
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Suitcases
Design critic Veronique Vienne gives an ode to suitcases as ...
Design critic Veronique Vienne gives an ode to suitcases as adventurous as the trips they go on.
