Ep. 123: Learning During a Pandemic
In this special program, presented as part of WantedDesign Manhattan Online Conversation Series 2020, we discuss leadership insights, best p...
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Ep. 122: Design Advocate Jessie McGuire
Branding & design strategist Jessie McGuire was born in El Salvador and adopted by a "wholehearted feminist" single mother. She grew up expl...
Ep. 121: People-Centered Designer Marquise Stillwell
People-centered designer Marquise Stillwell spent his youth in Ohio learning to be a good neighbor and going to art museums with his grandfa...
Ep. 120: Interior Architect Jamie Bush
Interior architect Jamie Bush grew up on a Long Island farm with machines, animals and free rein to explore. With farmers and eccentric crea...
Ep. 119: Lettering Artist Lauren Hom
Lettering artist Lauren Hom was a super shy and studious child. Her crafty mother would make snacks with her initials cut out of cheese slic...
Ep. 94: Gregg Buchbinder of Emeco [Rebroadcast]
This rebroadcast is presented as part of WantedDesign Manhattan Online Conversation Series, presented by Clever and Design Milk. Visit wante...
Ep. 118: Industrial Designer Tom Dixon
Industrial designer Tom Dixon discovered the transformative power of clay at a young age. Later, after dropping out of art college, he toure...
Ep. 117: Creative Director Giulio Cappellini
Legendary art director Giulio Cappellini first fell in love with cars, then studied architecture, and took the family furniture business int...
Ep. 92: Designer Humberto Campana [Rebroadcast]
This rebroadcast is presented as part of WantedDesign Manhattan Online Conversation Series, presented by Clever and Design Milk. Visit wante...
Ep. 116: Human-Centered Designer Ayse Birsel
Industrial designer Ayse Birsel grew up thinking she'd become a lawyer until a revelation with a teacup enlightened her to the principles an...
Ep. 115: Interior Designer Elena Frampton
Interior designer and art consultant Elena Frampton grew up in Southern California drawing floor plans and going to open houses. Sensitive a...
Ep. 114 Clever Extra - Wall Power: Uplift Our Spaces, Uplift Our Spirits
In this special Clever extra we teamed up with Paintzen to talk wall power. Walls are the backdrops of all our spaces. They are in the prime...
Ep. 113: Graphic Designer Stefan Sagmeister
Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister did not care for engineering in high school. He found designing a poster that would communicate a vibe an...
Ep. 112: Heath Creative Director Catherine Bailey
Industrial designer Catherine Bailey grew up playing with the old school computer punch cards that were the technological accoutrements of n...
Ep. 111: Clever Extra - Creativity & Community in a Time of Crisis
These are strange and difficult times. People are feeling anxious, isolated, and frightened. *raises hand* We reached out to friends and fam...
Ep. 110: Artist Misha Kahn
Artist and designer Misha Kahn grew up hustling his lakeshore Minnesotan neighbors with tin foil wrapped baked goods, sewing clothes and han...
Ep. 109: Furniture Designer Claudia Washington
Furniture and interior designer Claudia Washington grew up in El Salvador during the civil war. It was not safe for her to play outside so s...
Ep. 108: Artist Lisa Congdon
Artist, illustrator & author Lisa Congdon grew up being praised for hard work but not for creativity. She studied history in college, spent...
Ep. 107: Clever Extra - Creativity is Core
This special Clever Extra, taped live at RISD as the keynote presentation of Design Week RI, four creative thought leaders come together for...
Ep. 106: Industrial Designer Konstantin Grcic
Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic grew up in Germany, listening to punk rock and dreaming of building boats. In England, he trained in ca...