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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Movie Theater
Historian Larry May slips into one of his favorite places ...
Historian Larry May slips into one of his favorite places -- the movie theater. Produced by Michael May.
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Baseball Cap
Lifelong baseball fan and graphic designer Steven Heller looks at ...
Lifelong baseball fan and graphic designer Steven Heller looks at the most American piece of headwear -- the baseball cap.
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Bottled Water
Early humans hollowed out gourds to carry their water. Today ...
Early humans hollowed out gourds to carry their water. Today we drink melted icebergs housed in crystal-studded bottles. Is this progress? Elizabeth Royte tracks the evolution of the water bottle. Produced by Catherine Epstein.
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DFRW Band T-shirt
Today rock band T-shirts are sold at major retailers, to ...
Today rock band T-shirts are sold at major retailers, to kids who weren't alive when classic rock was born. But when music writer Johan Kugelberg was growing up in Sweden, wearing the Sex Pistols or Ramones on your chest was its own act of
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Teabag
Tea historian Jane Pettigrew explains why the world has never ...
Tea historian Jane Pettigrew explains why the world has never recovered from an American innovation. Produced by Deanna Kashani.
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Boxed Wine
If you're heading outside for a picnic this weekend, don't ...
If you're heading outside for a picnic this weekend, don't forget your box of wine. That's right, box. It may call to mind sorority parties and bad hangovers, but design curator Ellen Lupton thinks that boxed wine deserves a second
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Leica Camera
Almost 100 years ago, the Leica camera changed the world ...
Almost 100 years ago, the Leica camera changed the world of photography. It was the first practical 35mm camera, and it has inspired passion in those who shoot with it. In Design for the Real World, photojournalist Deborah Copaken Kogan - the author
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Superball
Curator Paola Antonelli remembers how the tiny, energetic Superball made ...
Curator Paola Antonelli remembers how the tiny, energetic Superball made havoc in classrooms and workplaces.
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Frisbee
Somewhere, right now, at a picnic or on a playing ...
Somewhere, right now, at a picnic or on a playing field, someone is pulling out a plate-sized plastic disk to toss around. Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, tells us about how the Frisbee came about and how it has endured.
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Swimming Pool
Jeff Wiltse, author of Contested Waters: A Social History of ...
Jeff Wiltse, author of Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America, offers a brief history of taking the plunge. Produced by Hadara Graubart.
