Design in the Moment

Guest: Fred Schmidt, Principal of Perkins and Will. Fred has quite the back ground in interior design. He helped found The Environments Group, and later merged the firm with Perkins+Will, creating the nation’s second largest interior design practice. They now have 24 offices worldwide. Fred also has a background in Environment‐Behavior Research. We chat with him about what makes a space great, how to utilize space better and why we crave authenticity. He shares from his background and also weighs in on the following:

Volkswagon’s Fun Theory, Anatomy for Interior Designers Review, Pattern Language, American Office Design, Green Offices,  Grey NY’s New Office,

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This week we catch up on a variety of topics that have piqued our interest lately. We talk some about predicting the future, planning for the future and protecting the future. We chat about using long term thinking in order to stretch ourselves and how these times call for innovation. Our conversation goes into more depth on these and the following:

Twitter Predicts Box Office Sales, Design is the Problem Review, The Green School Electric Motorcycle, Dream Job Project, Lead Like a Conductor, The Moon Watch, Barefoot Running Shoes,

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Guest: Bryan Campen, The Long Now. This week Jim Jacoby is away in NY, so Bryan joins Jim Cohen for a wonderful conversation. Bryan is the founder of Blue Air Agency, a Chicago-based consultancy. He also writes a blog for The Long Now Foundation and has guest-lectured about the future of technology and culture at Wheaton College. He recently spoke at TEDx Naperville on the need for long-term thinking and design, and participated as a panelist on the future of the multilingual web at The MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Conference. We chat with him about his thoughts on all this, as well as:

Twit Pay,  Google Ads Target iPad,   Storage of the Future, Design for Disassembly

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Guest: Carolyn Chandler, User Experience Director, Manifest Digital. Today we get a chance to chat with Carolyn. She has a background is digital media and psychology. She brings us her unique view on social media and new technology. Hear our discussion on how we work better together, her book and:

Facebook vs. Foursquare, Foursquare Teams with Zagat, Will DJ’s use the iPad, Disposable Social Networking, Bloombox, Reactable Space

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Today the discussion revolves around the music industry and where it might be headed. We get a chance to talk to Steve Shirk from Hear Ya about SXSW and the music industry. Jim Jacoby also relates his experiences from SXSW; including interviews with Ben Miller from The Low Anthem, Joe Pug and The Deep Dark Woods.  We also chat about:

NPR’s interview with Amanda Palmer (Why I’m Not Afraid to Take Your Money, 3/12/10, On The Media, NPR), Fictionist, Lissie, Foursquare, Spotify

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