You can read the companion piece to this pod cast here

A discussion at the Whitechapel Gallery, London to coincide with the exhibition
David Adjaye – Making Public Buildings (24 January - 26 March 2006)

Lucy Bullivant (critic, author & curator) in conversation with:
Stefano Boeri(Editor, Domus),
Alison Brooks (Director, ABA),
Brett Steele (Director,AA School)

Recorded: 11.3.06

Visiting Professor at a number of universities, regular contributor to the weekly magazine “L’Espresso” and director of the VII Venice Architecture Biennale (1998/2000), Mr. Fuksas’ projects span continents, from Paris to Shangai, as well as building typologies. For many years he has been devoting special attention to the study of the urban problems in large metropolitan areas.

Digital Glass: a parallel conversation between this musical event and a text written by Jon Wozencroft on the current situation of digital media posted for Limited Language.

In an informal setup, national and international experts and media professionals were joined by the audience in discussing current matters arising from the theme of the Biennale as well as its underlying issues.

‘Designers in the age of Fear’- City and Architecture was recorded on: Sep 16 11h30 - 13h30, Lisbon

Talk Host: John Thackara [UK];
Talkers: Ayssar Arida [UK]; Pedro Gadanho [PT];
Media: Stefano Casciani, Domus [IT]; Kieran Long, Icon [UK];
Agents Provocateurs: Lucy Bullivant [UK]; Ricardo Carvalho [PT]; Jacopo Crivelli Visconti [IT]; Helena Roseta [PT]; Colin Davies [UK];

Designer and design historian, Renny co-founded Droog Design in 1993. Since its inception, Droog Design has encouraged and welcomed young designers, whilst defining their particular approach to design, which could be summarised in the following principles: dry wit, unadorned informality, ascetic ironic, a critical and inquisitive analysis of the work developed and the way it is developed

This podcast is from a keynote talk given at ExperimentaDesign - Bienal de Lisboa 2005.

Co-moderated by Jessie Shefrin, Dean of Graduate Studies, RISD and Julie Lasky, Editor-in-Chief of I.D. magazine

Panelists: Dawn Barrett, Dean of Architecture and Design, RISD; Chris Rose, Academic Program Leader, 3D Design and Materials Practice, School of Architecture and Design, University of Brighton; Glenn Adamson, Head of Graduate Studies at the V&A Museum; John Wood, Reader in Design Futures, Department of Design, Goldsmiths College, University of London; Rick Poynor, author, critic, former deputy editor of Blueprint magazine and founding editor of Eye magazine

Recorded on Friday, September 23 2005

With thanks to Roger Mandle, President, Rhode Island School of Design and Ann Hudner, Director of External Relations, RISD, both partners in developing and organising this event.

Thanks also to Penny Egan and the staff of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), London, for offering the hospitality

Co-moderated by Julie Lasky, Editor-in-Chief of I.D. magazine and Roger Mandle, President, RISD

Panelists: Rick Poynor, author, critic, former deputy editor of Blueprint magazine and founding editor of Eye magazine; Marcus Fairs, Editor of Icon magazine; Vicky Richardson, Editor of Blueprint magazine

Recorded on Saturday, September 24 2005 at the 100% Design Fair, Earls Court, London. (lots of background noise because of the acoustics of the room - sorry for the quality of cast)

A native of Austria, Sagmeister received his MFA in graphic design from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and, as a Fulbright Scholar, a master’s degree from Pratt Institute in New York.

He formed the New York based Sagmeister Inc. in 1993 and has since designed graphics and packaging for the Rolling Stones, Talking Heads and Lou Reed. Having been nominated five times for the Grammies he finally won one for the Talking Heads boxed set. He also earned won most international design awards.

In 2001 a best selling monograph about his work titled “made you look”was published by Booth-Clibborn editions. Solo shows on Sagmeister Inc s work have been mounted in Zurich, Vienna, New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Osaka, Prague, Cologne and Seoul. Stefan has always worked hard to keep the studio small (currently himself, Matthias Ernstberger and one intern). He lectures extensively on all continents.

Emigre, Inc. is a digital typefoundry and publisher of graphic design related software and printed materials based in Northern California.

Founded in 1984, coinciding with the birth of the Macintosh, Emigre was one of the first independent type foundries to establish itself centered around personal computer technology. Emigre holds exclusive license to over 200 original typeface designs created by a roster of contemporary designers. Their library of highly idiosyncratic fonts is recognized to represent one of the most significant trends in the development of typeface design of the past decade. Emigre’s full line of typefaces, ornaments and illustrations is available in Type 1 Postscript and TrueType for both the Macintosh and PC.

Emigre’s designs have won numerous awards; Emigre is the 1994 recipient of the prestigious Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design and the 1996 Publish Magazine Impact Award. Emigre is also the 1997 recipient of the AIGA Gold Medal Award and the 1998 Charles Nyples Award. For more information, see Emigre’s home page.