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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Housewares
Martha Stewart owes a lot to Mary and Russel Wright. ...
Martha Stewart owes a lot to Mary and Russel Wright. Russel designed masterful dinnerware and objects for the home--and Mary invented the idea of selling a lifestyle.
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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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Sneakers
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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1040 Form
Graphic designer Michael Bierut appraises the design of the single ...
Graphic designer Michael Bierut appraises the design of the single most familiar government form.
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Diner
Culinary Arts Museum curator Richard J.S. Gutman explains why an ...
Culinary Arts Museum curator Richard J.S. Gutman explains why an American classic from the aluminum age never goes out of style.
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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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Scarf
Why does it feel so good to tie a scarf ...
Why does it feel so good to tie a scarf around your neck? Are you just keeping warm or are you tying a knot between your head and your heart? Veronique Vienne extolls the simple scarf and instructs us on how to tie one right. Produced by
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Whisk
Chef Wylie Dufresne, of trendy New York restaurant wd-50, loves ...
Chef Wylie Dufresne, of trendy New York restaurant wd-50, loves state-of-the-art equipment, but his favorite kitchen tool is modest: the whisk. We asked an expert, Gourmet Magazine's style director Corky Pollan, what makes a whisk really mix and
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Typewriter
Darren Wershler-Henry, a professor of Communications, pays tribute to the ...
Darren Wershler-Henry, a professor of Communications, pays tribute to the whack of metal against paper, the smell of ink, and a technology we've almost forgotten. Produced by Zeke Turner.
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