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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Santa Claus
Design guru Steven Heller explains how Father Christmas became branded ...
Design guru Steven Heller explains how Father Christmas became branded as a jolly bearded old man in a red suit.
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Zoot Suit
You might remember zoot suits from the swing craze in ...
You might remember zoot suits from the swing craze in the late nineties. But for one Southern California tailor and her prom-bound customers, zoot suits have never gone out of style. Produced by Eric Molinsky.
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Government Model .45
Firearms expert Gary James explains why a pistol designed a ...
Firearms expert Gary James explains why a pistol designed a century ago is still being issued to some forces in Iraq, and why it remains popular with law enforcement. Produced by Dennis Nishi
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Jay Harman
When designer Jay Harman comes home from a sailing expedition, ...
When designer Jay Harman comes home from a sailing expedition, he's got a head full of inventions which he spins into new products-- beautiful, efficient designs that mimic nature. He grew up in Australia and spent hours in the ocean watching the
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Skulls
Graphic designer Noah Scalin created a new skull design every ...
Graphic designer Noah Scalin created a new skull design every day for a year and posted them to his blog Skull-a-Day. He used whatever was at hand: breakfast cereal, sparklers, and little green army men. Scalin thinks that no matter the material, the
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The Sneaker
Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, ...
Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, finds sublime design in a rubber-soled wonder -- the sneaker.
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Throwback Uniforms
This fall, eight NFL teams have donned the old American ...
This fall, eight NFL teams have donned the old American Football League uniforms. Graphic designer and sports blogger Jim Ransdell thinks these bold, simple patterns are timeless. Produced by Alana Harper.
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Interstate Signs
On America's first highways, road signs were hand-painted on wood. ...
On America's first highways, road signs were hand-painted on wood. When interstates became standardized, so did the typeface. But in all sorts of conditions it still looks fuzzy. Designer Don Meeker helped bring signage back into focus. Produced
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Tract Houses
D. J. Waldie loves the suburbs. He was born in ...
D. J. Waldie loves the suburbs. He was born in one of the tract houses manufactured by the thousands in Lakewood, California. He lives there still, and today works for the city. His book Holy Land is a strange and beautiful mix of personal memoir and
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Cubicle
Cubicles have a bad reputation as soul-crushing, gray boxes wallpapered ...
Cubicles have a bad reputation as soul-crushing, gray boxes wallpapered in Post-its. But they were originally designed to promote health and wellness. Cubicle pioneer Joe Schwartz explains what went wrong. Produced by Catherine Epstein.
