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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Sticky Fingers
Stefan Sagmeister is an award-winning graphic designer who grew up ...
Stefan Sagmeister is an award-winning graphic designer who grew up in Austria and has designed album covers for the Rolling Stones and Talking Heads. When we asked him about his favorite album cover of all time, Sagmeister picked a notorious design by
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Air Force One
Air Force One, the Presidential 747, is designed to be ...
Air Force One, the Presidential 747, is designed to be a White House in the sky. But it wasn't always so deluxe. Historian Gene Eisman explains how Air Force One evolved from a bare-metal military jet into its current hi-tech luxury incarnation.
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Thinking Outside the Mouse
Along with a keyboard, the mouse is the main tool ...
Along with a keyboard, the mouse is the main tool most people use to control their computers. But it's not exactly subtle. Bill Verplank, one of the founding fathers of interaction design, tells us about the past and future of the mouse. Produced
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Backpacks
The writer Akiko Busch explains how, over the years, kids' ...
The writer Akiko Busch explains how, over the years, kids' school accessories have ascended into high style. Produced by Jocelyn Gonzales.
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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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Q-Tips
Paola Antonelli explains the origins of everybody's favorite ear cleaner.
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Propeller
Jeremy Kinney of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum explains ...
Jeremy Kinney of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum explains how the Wright brothers' wooden propeller - designed using the world's first wind tunnel -- made the dream of defying gravity come true. Produced by Dennis Nishi.
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Envelope
The journalist and designer Georgina Keenan opens up something we ...
The journalist and designer Georgina Keenan opens up something we all used a lot more back before email -- the envelope. Produced by Rob Weisberg.
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Big Boy
Cartoon characters have helped sell burgers and fries for years. ...
Cartoon characters have helped sell burgers and fries for years. But for graphic designer Steven Heller, there's one icon that stands above the rest. He's a pudgy little boy with a pompadour, checkered overalls and a Double-Decker burger in
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Revolving Door
It's been spinning for over a hundred years but, as ...
It's been spinning for over a hundred years but, as James Buzard explains, some people still aren't comfortable with it. Where it stops, nobody knows. Produced by Chloe Plaunt.
