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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The Next Generation of Car Designers
At the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, instructors ...
At the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, instructors Tisha Johnson and Blair Taylor explain why car design has changed so little in the last 20 years. Kurt talks with students Ben Messmer and Lili Melikian about the prototypes they're
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Frankfurt Kitchen
Design for the Real World: Frankfurt Kitchen Kitchen designer Lyn ...
Design for the Real World: Frankfurt Kitchen Kitchen designer Lyn Peterson says that everything we take for granted can be traced back to the Frankfurt Kitchen, created by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky in the late 1920s. It's the mother of
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Highway Signs
On America's earliest highways, road signs were hand-painted on wood. ...
On America's earliest highways, road signs were hand-painted on wood. When interstate highways became standardized, so did the typeface. But in all sorts of conditions it still looks fuzzy. Graphic designer Don Meeker helped bring highway signage
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Tea Bag
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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Cookies
Big Brother is now just a mouse click away. Whether ...
Big Brother is now just a mouse click away. Whether we know it or not, our online activity is being watched and then sold to the highest bidder. It's all thanks to a little line of programming code called a "cookie." Its
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Design for the Real World : Dialysis Machine
Before the invention of the dialysis machine, kidney failure was ...
Before the invention of the dialysis machine, kidney failure was basically a death sentence. In this week's Design for the Real World, a registered nurse named Janice Breen walks us through how the design of dialysis machines has evolved since
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Design for the Real World : Neon
Neon signage has been around for exactly a century, but ...
Neon signage has been around for exactly a century, but today the glowing lights face competition from cheaper LED technology. Syracuse University physics professor Eric Schiff and Jeff Friedman of New York's Let There Be Neon Studio explain
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Fins for Karachi
Samina Quraeshi grew up in a prominent family in Pakistan ...
Samina Quraeshi grew up in a prominent family in Pakistan in the 1960s. She remembers the exact moment she decided to become a designer: when she saw the tail fins on the American ambassador's car.
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Election Signs
As we approach the first Tuesday in November, we're awash ...
As we approach the first Tuesday in November, we're awash in red, white and blue bumper stickers, buttons, and lawn signs. Graphic designer Michael Bierut explains why so many of these campaign signs look the same, no matter what side of the
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Sound Marks
The multimedia artist and designer Ben Rubin says more effort ...
The multimedia artist and designer Ben Rubin says more effort should go into creating audio landmarks -- like the sound of subway doors opening. Produced by Steve Nelson.
