Podcasts by Clever

Ep. 205: Ana Arriola-Kanada’s Heroic Path to Ethical AI & Platform Whispering from 2023-12-12T05:01:26

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Product Specialist, Ana Arriola-Kanada, grew up in ‘the valley’ just north of LA, watching Robotech and working in the family shop. She mo...

Ep. 132: Artist Malene Barnett [Rebroadcast] from 2023-12-05T05:01:07

Malene Barnett is an artist, activist, speaker and legacy maker working in one-of-a-kind ceramic sculptures and bespoke textiles. Raised in Norwalk, Connecticut, she’s an authority on the cultur...

Ep. 204: Cey Adams on Designing and Defining Hip-Hop Visual Culture from 2023-11-28T05:01:30

Legendary visual artist Cey Adams grew up in NYC immersed in the excitement and danger of graffiti, embellishing buildings and tagging “Cey City” on subway cars. From there, he began selling in ...

Ep 119: Lettering Artist Lauren Hom [Rebroadcast] from 2023-11-21T05:01:13

Lettering artist Lauren Hom was a super shy and studious child. Her crafty mother would make snacks with her initials cut out of cheese slices. In her teenage years, her first love led to slippi...

Ep. 203: Coil + Drift’s John Sorensen-Jolink on Movement as a Medium from 2023-11-14T05:01

Lighting Designer John Sorensen-Jolink grew up in Portland, filling his days with soccer, youth symphony, horseback riding, and taking cabs between schools to train for a future as a pro dancer....

Clever Presents: Alternative Design - Crafting Culture and Belonging P.1 from 2023-11-07T05:01:41

In this special episode we’re introducing listeners to Alternative Design, an original podcast from Kimball International. Alternative Design explores the power of foresight in...

Ep. 202: COOL HUNTING’s Josh Rubin and Evan Orensten on Exploring Uncharted Territory from 2023-10-31T04:01:40

Josh Rubin and Evan Orensten fell in love at first sight when they met in the office of Razorfish in the 90’s. But before then, Josh grew up straddling Miami and Vermont, where he gained experie...

Ep. 201: Clever Extra - Shifting Values, Evolving Leadership from 2023-10-24T04:01:29

For this extra special episode, we’re taking a practical look at the modern leadership methods and values that support a thriving culture and new vision of prosperity. We’re joined by four excep...

Ep. 200: A Peek Inside Patricia Urquiola’s Curious and Magical Mind from 2023-10-17T04:01:57

For our very special 200th episode, we’re joined by world-renowned architect and designer Patricia Urquiola. While she’s now known internationally, growing up in Spain as the middle child she wa...

Ep. 186: Artist & Humanitarian Julian Lennon on Charting His Own Creative Roadmap [Rebroadcast] from 2023-10-10T04:01:35

Julian Lennon’s adventurous spirit sprung from a semi-nomadic youth in the English countryside where he spent his days as a farm hand and climbing trees. He navigated the tricky world of being J...

Ep. 199: Twenty Thousand Hertz’s Dallas Taylor on Sound, Silence, and Stories from 2023-10-03T04:01:03

Sound Designer Dallas Taylor picked up the trumpet in grade school and a whole new world opened up. After a debilitating chapter, he needed to find a new way to translate his love of sound into ...

Ep. 162: Building a Colorful Second Act with Illustrator Yuko Shimizu [Rebroadcast] from 2023-09-26T04:01:47

Illustrator Yuko Shimizu was born in Tokyo, Japan and began drawing from an early age. As a preteen, her family moved from Japan to the US, a huge culture shock that included learning an entirel...

Ep. 198: 2x4’s Co-Founder Georgie Stout on Message Over Medium from 2023-09-19T04:01:44

Designer and 2x4 co-founder Georgianna Stout lived in Paris before the bumpy transition to the US for elementary school. Unhappy at school, she graduated early and tried on Parsons for fash...

Ep. 197: Clever Extra - The Romance of Creative Alchemist Bryan Costello from 2023-09-12T04:01:01

Designer Bryan Costello grew up in an idyllic small town in North Carolina, obsessed with soccer. A self-described “hopeless romantic” he found school a bore and felt that life really began once...

Ep. 196: Bradley L. Bowers on the Magic of Blending Technology and Craft from 2023-09-05T13:31:21

Bradley L. Bowers spent his youth hanging in the basement with Grandma Dorothy while she upholstered furniture. Always outspoken, in High School he found that only the art teachers embraced his ...

Ep 100: Designer & Queer Eye Star Bobby Berk [Rebroadcast] from 2023-08-29T04:01:15

We're taking the summer off to recharge our creative batteries. Enjoy one of our favorite episodes from the archives and we'll return with new episodes in September.

Interior designer...

Ep. 190: Germane Barnes Practices Architecture with the Prowess of a Winning Point Guard [Rebroadcast] from 2023-08-22T04:01:17

Germane Barnes knew he’d be an architect at age 6, before he even knew what that meant.

Growing up playing basketball, he honed skills he now deftly deploys in his creative practice.

Ep. 104: Graphic Designer & Artist Paula Scher [Rebroadcast] from 2023-08-15T04:01:49

We're taking the summer off to recharge our creative batteries. Please enjoy revisiting this episode from our archives!

Graphic designer Paula Scher grew up drawing pictures to escape...

Ep. 64: Justina Blakeney [Rebroadcast] from 2023-08-08T04:01:49

We're taking some time off this summer to recharge our creative batteries. Enjoy this classic Clever episode and we'll be back with fresh interviews this fall!

Designer, artist, author...

Ep. 195: Clever Extra - Beyond Boomerang: Peeking Beneath the Surface of Era-Defining Patterns from 2023-08-01T04:01:41

On this Clever Extra, we peek under the surface of the most defining patterns of the last century. Formica is a decorative laminate so ubiquitous its patterns have come to serve as a record of h...

Ep. 136: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky [Rebroadcast] from 2023-07-25T04:01:37

We're taking the summer off to recharge our creative batteries. Please enjoy some of our favorite episodes and we'll be back in the fall with more fantastic Clever episodes!

A...

Ep. 169: Eames Institute’s Chief Curator Llisa Demetrios on the Power of Infinite Curiosity from 2022-04-19T04:01:20

Chief Curator of the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, Llisa Demetrios grew up in a family of brilliant sculptors, authors, and designers. Her mother’s parents were none other than Charles ...

Ep. 168: Founder Rob Forbes on Business Confidence and Advocating for Design from 2022-04-05T04:01:30

Ceramicist, author, entrepreneur, photographer and public speaker Rob Forbes is likely best known for founding Design Within Reach, but his accolades expand beyond this accomplishment. He grew u...

Ep. 167: Serial Entrepreneur Christiane Lemieux on Building an At-Home Empire from 2022-03-22T04:01:24

Designer, entrepreneur and author, Christiane Lemieux was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada but refers to the world as her “second home” given how frequently she traveled with her family through...

Ep. 166: Rethinking Our Built Environment with Futurist Dror Benshetrit from 2022-03-08T05:01:15

Designer, futurist, activist and artist Dror Benshetrit grew up in Tel Aviv, drawing, and building puppetry or sculptures. But it was Dror’s experience serving in the Israeli army that showed hi...

Ep. 165: Talking Shop with Podcast Powerhouse Avery Trufelman from 2022-02-22T05:01:49

Brooklyn-based podcaster Avery Trufelman has radio in her DNA. Her parents met while working at WNYC, so from birth she was nurtured with love and appreciation for radio. As a teenager, Avery to...

Ep. 164: Crafting Eye Candy with ManvsMachine’s Mike Alderson from 2022-02-08T05:01:52

Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of ManvsMachine, Mike Alderson, grew up on the outskirts of Liverpool, England, getting into mischief, playing sports, and spending the many rainy days insi...

Ep. 163: Designer Jay Osgerby Shines a Light on Loss, Legacy, and Longevity from 2022-01-25T05:01:16

Industrial designer and founding partner of Barber Osgerby, Jay Osgerby, grew up in a small town in England, with his close-knit multi-generational family and the backdrop of his grandparents’ e...

Ep. 137 Biden/Harris Campaign Creative Director Robyn Kanner [Rebroadcast] from 2021-12-21T05:01

Robyn Kanner’s personal story is twisty and beautifully American. Largely self-taught, she fought hard to find her voice, and has battled bullies, addiction and self-doubt on her path to purpose. S...

Ep. 148: Entrepreneurial Raconteur John Edelman [Rebroadcast] from 2021-12-14T05:01

Former CEO of Design Within Reach and business consultant, John Edelman grew up on a horse farm in Connecticut. The youngest of 6, his childhood was filled with love, surrounded by his parents’ big...

Ep.138: Creative Strategist Natalie Nixon [Rebroadcast] from 2021-12-07T05:01

We'll be back with new episodes in 2022. To close out the year, we're rebroadcasting some of our favorite episodes of the year.

Dr. Natalie Nixon grew up in Philadelphia playing double...

Ep. 161: Designing Ideas with Visionary Design Entrepreneur Yves Béhar from 2021-11-30T05:01

Industrial designer & entrepreneur, Yves Béhar, grew up in Switzerland on a steady diet of punk and windsurfing. After graduating from ArtCenter in California he moved to the Bay Area and go...

Ep. 160: Peeking into the Creative World of Pop-Polymath Willo Perron from 2021-11-16T05:01

Live experience & interior designer Willo Perron grew up in Montreal surrounded by creativity. An industrious kid, he dropped out of high school at 14 to follow his own entrepreneurial and c...

Ep. 159: Innovating for the Future of Furniture Design from 2021-11-02T04:01

For this Clever Extra, Amy Devers sat down with Kent Parker and Paul Wilkinson of the design studio Formway in New Zealand and Giulio Bonazzi, who leads Italian synthetic materials producer Aqua...

Ep. 158: Bringing Data to Life with Information Designer Giorgia Lupi from 2021-10-26T04:01

Information designer and advocate for data humanism, Giorgia Lupi, spent her childhood in Italy organizing buttons in her grandmother’s tailor shop, a data collector already in the making. The t...

Clever Confidential Ep. 3: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Murders at Taliesin from 2021-10-19T04:01

On the afternoon of August 14th, 1915, fire ripped through Taliesin, the Spring Green, Wisconsin home of the world’s most famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. When the smoke cleared seven peopl...

Ep. 157: Designing for Dramatic Effect with Yasmine Ghoniem from 2021-10-12T04:01

Interior designer and self-described “cocktail,” Yasmine Ghoniem has lived a whirlwind life across continents, cultures, and careers. Born in Kuwait to Australian and Egyptian parents, she lived...

Ep. 156: Clever Extra - Creating Happier Places with Biophilic Design from 2021-10-05T04:01

On this Clever Extra, Amy Devers sits down with Kari Pei, Interface VP of Global Product Design; David Oakey, founder of David Oakey Designs; and Bill Browning, founding partner of Terrapin Brig...

Ep. 155: Creative Acts for Curious People with d.school’s Sarah Stein Greenberg from 2021-09-21T04:01

Sarah Stein Greenberg, Executive Director of the Stanford d.school, spent her childhood in Philly running bases, reading books, and getting lost in her vivid imagination. After getting an underg...

Ep. 154: Revolutionizing Design and Shaping the Future with Braun from 2021-09-14T04:01

In this Clever Extra, Amy Devers sits down with Oliver Grabes, Head of Design at legendary design brand Braun. Known for iconic design, innovation, and the unique ability to be both revolutionar...

Ep. 153: Harnessing Creative Confidence with Majo Molfino from 2021-09-07T04:01

A writer, speaker, and women’s creative leadership coach, Majo Molfino is a champion for smashing the patriarchy (both within and outside each of us!) and supporting women in harnessing their cr...

Ep. 152: Chromatic Consciousness from 2021-09-02T04:01

In this special episode, we are shining some light on color. Brought to you by Ultrafabrics, this presentation was recorded in May 2021 as part of CLOSEUP, a liive & virtual 2-day design sho...

Ep. 121: People-Centered Designer Marquise Stillwell [Rebroadcast] from 2021-08-31T04:01

People-centered designer Marquise Stillwell spent his youth in Ohio learning to be a good neighbor and going to art museums with his grandfather. Always part of a community of makers—auto factor...

Ep. 131: Interior Designer Kara Mann [Rebroadcast] from 2021-08-24T04:01

Born and raised in Chicago IL, Kara Mann was steeped in an environment of creativity, elegance, and resourcefulness. An entrepreneur at heart, Kara would sell CDs to fund projects and lie about ...

Ep.141: Hip Hop Architect Michael Ford [Rebroadcast] from 2021-08-17T04:01

Michael Ford is the designer and activist known as The Hip Hop Architect. Born in Highland Park, Michigan the son of a minister, Michael was raised to be inquisitive and question the world aroun...

Ep. 140: Creative Reaction Lab CEO Antionette Carroll [Rebroadcast] from 2021-08-10T04:01

Designer Antionette Carroll, born, raised, and based in St. Louis, Missouri, is a natural born leader who has been on a mission since day one. She’s the founder of Creative Reaction Lab, a nonpr...

Ep. 136 Brian Chesky [Rebroadcast] from 2021-08-03T04:01

Airbnb Co-Founder & CEO, Brian Chesky, grew up playing hockey and asking Santa for poorly designed toys so he could redesign them. A self-described “peculiar” kid obsessed with art, no one p...

Ep. 151: Architect Chandra Robinson from 2021-07-20T04:01

Chandra Robinson is a Principal at LEVER and Portland Design Commissioner. A Portland native, she grew up with a great love for outdoor education, inspiring her to spend years as a sea kayaking ...

Ep. 150: Design Milk Founder Jaime Derringer from 2021-07-06T04:01

Founder of Design Milk and Clever co-creator Jaime Derringer grew up in New Jersey. An only child until 8, she was fiercely independent with an artistic streak, drawing inspiration from her quir...

Ep. 149: Creative Leader Brian Rice from 2021-06-22T04:01

Designer Brian Rice currently serves as the Chief Brand and Design Officer for 3M. A self-identified “hybrid coast kid”, Brian was born in South Jersey and grew up in central Florida. A child of...

Clever Presents: Wireframe - Does Peloton’s design actually help you exercise more? from 2021-06-15T04:00

In this special episode we’re introducing listeners to another podcast, Wireframe from Adobe. Hosted by Khoi Vinh, Principal Designer at Adobe and one of Fast Company’s Most Creative Pe...

Ep. 148: Entrepreneurial Raconteur John Edelman from 2021-06-08T04:01

Former CEO of Design Within Reach and business consultant, John Edelman grew up on a horse farm in Connecticut. The youngest of 6, his childhood was filled with love, surrounded by his parents’ ...

Ep. 147 Creativity & Career: Designing Opportunities from 2021-05-25T04:01

On May 12, to kick off WantedDesign Online 2021’s online International Schools Show, host Amy Devers sat down with three brilliant, inspiring thought-leaders to discuss opportunities, advice, an...

Ep. 146: Roman Alonso of Commune Design from 2021-05-18T04:01

Principal of Commune Design, Roman Alonso grew up in Caracas Venezuela, often traveling around in a motorhome with his family to escape to nature, before moving to Miami as a teenager. He attend...

Ep. 145: Sculptor Jonathan Trayte from 2021-05-04T04:01

Sculptor and furniture designer Jonathan Trayte, a native of Yorkshire, UK, spent his early childhood in a campervan with his family in rural southern South Africa. Back in the UK, his childhood...

Ep. 144: Civic and Service Designer Sarah Brooks from 2021-04-20T04:01

Civic and service designer Sarah Brooks grew up in Manhattan, the daughter of an actress and doctor. With a voracious imagination, she spent her days running around with the neighborhood kids or...

Clever Ep. 143: Industrial Designer Edward Barber from 2021-04-06T04:01

Designer Edward Barber grew up in a small UK village running around with his brothers, making tree houses, bows and arrows, and drawing. As a teenager, he fell in love with sailing, fixing boats...

Ep. 142: Pioneer of Wearable Technology Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman from 2021-03-23T04:01

Product designer Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, grew up in rural New Hampshire in a family with a rich tradition of craft. By the second grade, she was making all her own clothes and knew how to use ...

Ep.141: Hip Hop Architect Michael Ford from 2021-03-09T05:01

Michael Ford is the designer and activist known as The Hip Hop Architect. Born in Highland Park, Michigan the son of a minister, Michael was raised to be inquisitive and question the world aroun...

Ep. 140: Creative Reaction Lab CEO Antionette Carroll from 2021-02-23T05:01

Designer Antionette Carroll, born, raised, and based in St. Louis, Missouri, is a natural born leader who has been on a mission since day one. She’s the founder of Creative Reaction Lab, a nonpr...

Ep. 139 Clever Extra - Light. Space. Emotion. from 2021-02-16T05:01

Lighting design plays an enormous role in supporting mood, feelings, perceptions and even human connection and romance. In this time when we’re suffering the side effects caused by extreme depri...

Ep.138: Creative Strategist Natalie Nixon from 2021-02-02T05:01

Dr. Natalie Nixon grew up in Philadelphia playing double dutch and hopscotch on the street. Listening to jazz with her dad and exploring art with her mother taught her the value of improvisation...

Ep. 137 Biden/Harris Campaign Creative Director Robyn Kanner from 2021-01-19T05:01:50

Robyn Kanner’s personal story is twisty and beautifully American. Largely self-taught, she fought hard to find her voice, and has battled bullies, addiction and self-doubt on her path to purpose...

Clever Confidential Ep. 2: The Supernatural Beginnings of The Bradbury Building from 2021-01-05T05:01

In the heart of downtown Los Angeles sits Hollywood’s undisputed architectural superstar — the Bradbury Building. The imposing structure’s character is definitive. Its origin story, however, is ...

Ep. 6: Jonathan Adler [Rebroadcast] from 2020-12-29T05:01

We hope you're all enjoying a happy and healthy end to an extremely challenging year. We'll be back with an exciting new year of episodes in 2021. Until then, enjoy this rebroadcast from the arc...

Ep. 136: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky from 2020-12-22T05:01:59

Airbnb Co-Founder & CEO, Brian Chesky, grew up playing hockey and asking Santa for poorly designed toys so he could redesign them. A self-described “peculiar” kid obsessed with art, no one p...

Ep. 135: Wickedly Smart & Clever: 2020's Best Moments from 2020-12-15T05:01

2020 has been a rollercoaster, but we’re thankful that in such a turbulent year we were still able to have so many inspiring voices on the show. As we approach the end of the year, we wanted to ...

Ep. 42: Paola Antonelli [Rebroadcast] from 2020-12-08T05:01

No new episode this week, but be sure to enjoy this classic from the archives!

MoMA’s senior curator of Architecture & Design, Paola Antonelli, grew up steeped in the design cultu...

Ep. 134: Clever Extra - Unpacking Danish Design’s Timeless Appeal from 2020-12-01T05:01

In this Clever Extra we teamed up with Carl Hansen & Son to unpack society's long-term love for Danish Design. Known for exceptional craftsmanship and an alluringly clean, organic aesthetic,...

Ep. 15: Sandy Chilewich [Rebroadcast] from 2020-11-24T05:01

We'll be back with a new episode soon, until then, enjoy this classic episode from the archives!

Textile product designer and entrepreneur Sandy Chilewich regales Amy and Jaime with ta...

Ep. 41: Ini Archibong [Rebroadcast] from 2020-11-17T05:01

We're digging into the archives to bring you a classic episode this week, enjoy!

Product designer Ini Archibong grew up taking things apart with little success putting them back togeth...

Ep. 133: Design Not Guns from 2020-11-10T05:01

This is the story of how design is making the world a better place, one street at a time, in the most impoverished gang ravaged neighborhoods in El Salvador. Recorded in May 2020 during WantedDe...

Ep. 54: Eric Quint [Rebroadcast] from 2020-10-27T04:01

Eric Quint, Chief Design Officer of 3M, incubated a lifelong habit of design thinking in youth at the family kitchen table. After studying engineering and industrial design he embarked on a dist...

Ep. 131: Interior Designer Kara Mann from 2020-10-20T04:01

Born and raised in Chicago IL, Kara Mann was steeped in an environment of creativity, elegance, and resourcefulness. An entrepreneur at heart, Kara would sell CDs to fund projects and lie about ...

Ep. 75: Lauren Makk [Rebroadcast] from 2020-10-13T04:01

Please enjoy one of our classic episodes from the archives this week!

Interior designer and TV personality Lauren Makk grew up in the south, fluffing other people’s pillows, painting m...

Ep. 130 Award-Winning Architect Jordan Goldstein from 2020-10-06T04:01

Award-winning architect and current Head of Global Design and Innovation for Gensler, Jordan Goldstein, discovered his passion for architecture at age 5 while visiting construction sites with hi...

Ep. 76: Todd Oldham [Rebroadcast] from 2020-09-29T04:01

Please enjoy this rebroadcast episode from our archives!

Everyone’s most beloved DIY hero, fashion designer, and creative maverick Todd Oldham grew up experimenting at the family craft...

Ep. 129: Creative Strategist Maurice Cherry from 2020-09-22T04:01

Creative strategist, visionary, and design podcaster Maurice Cherry was born in Selma, Alabama where it quickly became apparent he was going to take the world by storm. Immensely talented on all...

Ep. 48 Timothy Goodman [Rebroadcast] from 2020-09-15T04:01

Designer, illustrator and artist Timothy Goodman was labeled a “dead-end kid” in his youth until he did four years of hard labor with a mentor/father-figure in the home improvement industry, thr...

Ep. 128: Furniture Designer & Educator Wendy Maruyama from 2020-09-08T04:01

Furniture designer & maker, artist, and educator Wendy Maruyama is a legend in her field. Born with Cerebral Palsy, deaf, and growing up 3rd generation Japanese-American she discovered an in...

Clever Confidential Ep. 1: The Strange Disappearance of Norman Jaffe from 2020-09-01T04:01:56

On the morning of August 19th, 1993, mid-century architect, Norman Jaffe, parked his car in his client’s driveway, walked to Ocean Beach in Bridgehampton, New York, stripped down, folded his clo...

Ep. 127: Artist & Designer Bethan Laura Wood from 2020-08-25T04:01

Artist and product designer Bethan Laura Wood grew up with ample access to kitchen-table craft projects and a flair for self-expression. When kids made fun of her clothes, she reclaimed her styl...

Ep. 79: Grace Bonney [Rebroadcast] from 2020-08-18T04:01

Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney grew up knowing she wasn’t straight but not knowing what to do with that. Her love of Riot Grrrl music and angry collages informed her creative identity and af...

Ep. 126: Sustainability Thought Leader Joel Towers from 2020-08-11T04:01

Architect & Professor of Sustainable Design Joel Towers grew up in the suburbs with steady access to New York City. His father taught him to build and repair things, which helped carve his p...

Ep. 125: Furniture & Product Design Studio Bower from 2020-08-03T04:01

Danny Giannella, Tammer Hijazi and Jeffrey Renz are the trio behind Bower, a contemporary furniture and product design studio. With a focus on mirrors, they explore perceptions of depth, light a...

Ep. 124: Designing for A Pandemic—New Zealand’s Success Story from 2020-07-28T07:01

In this episode of Clever we’re deconstructing the success of New Zealand’s response to coronavirus through a lens of design in a conversation with Ana Monroe, a civic design strategist and Akik...

Ep. 58: Ti Chang [Rebroadcast] from 2020-07-21T07:01

Please enjoy this rebroadcast of a classic Clever interview!

Industrial designer Ti Chang is co-founder and creative director of Crave, a start-up dedicated to innovative and elevated ...

Ep. 123: Learning During a Pandemic from 2020-07-14T07:01

In this special program, presented as part of WantedDesign Manhattan Online Conversation Series 2020, we discuss leadership insights, best practices and innovative ideas that can help sustain ar...

Ep. 122: Design Advocate Jessie McGuire from 2020-06-30T04:01

Branding & design strategist Jessie McGuire was born in El Salvador and adopted by a “wholehearted feminist” single mother. She grew up exploring her creativity and getting encouragement to go t...

Ep. 121: People-Centered Designer Marquise Stillwell from 2020-06-23T04:01

People-centered designer Marquise Stillwell spent his youth in Ohio learning to be a good neighbor and going to art museums with his grandfather. Always part of a community of makers—auto factor...

Ep. 120: Interior Architect Jamie Bush from 2020-06-16T04:01

Interior architect Jamie Bush grew up on a Long Island farm with machines, animals and free rein to explore. With farmers and eccentric creatives as his scrappy role models, he was always encour...

Ep. 119: Lettering Artist Lauren Hom from 2020-06-03T04:01

Lettering artist Lauren Hom was a super shy and studious child. Her crafty mother would make snacks with her initials cut out of cheese slices. In her teenage years, her first love led to slippi...

Ep. 94: Gregg Buchbinder of Emeco [Rebroadcast] from 2020-05-22T04:01

This rebroadcast is presented as part of WantedDesign Manhattan Online Conversation Series, presented by Clever and Design Milk. Visit Listen

Ep. 118: Industrial Designer Tom Dixon from 2020-05-20T04:01

Industrial designer Tom Dixon discovered the transformative power of clay at a young age. Later, after dropping out of art college, he toured with his band and when a motorcycle accident ended h...

Ep. 117: Creative Director Giulio Cappellini from 2020-05-15T04:01

Legendary art director Giulio Cappellini first fell in love with cars, then studied architecture, and took the family furniture business into the stratosphere with his bold curatorial vision and...

Ep. 92: Designer Humberto Campana [Rebroadcast] from 2020-05-13T04:01

This rebroadcast is presented as part of WantedDesign Manhattan Online Conversation Series, presented by Clever and Design Milk. Visit wantedde...

Ep. 116: Human-Centered Designer Ayse Birsel from 2020-05-11T04:01

Industrial designer Ayse Birsel grew up thinking she’d become a lawyer until a revelation with a teacup enlightened her to the principles and practice of design. Always a playful soul, her essen...

Ep. 115: Interior Designer Elena Frampton from 2020-04-28T04:01

Interior designer and art consultant Elena Frampton grew up in Southern California drawing floor plans and going to open houses. Sensitive and introverted as a child, her rebellious adolescence ...

Ep. 114 Clever Extra - Wall Power: Uplift Our Spaces, Uplift Our Spirits from 2020-04-21T04:01

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 position to set the vibe and ambience of our lives. P...

Ep. 113: Graphic Designer Stefan Sagmeister from 2020-04-14T04:01

Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister did not care for engineering in high school. He found designing a poster that would communicate a vibe and draw crowds to an event to be way more compelling. A...

Ep. 112: Heath Creative Director Catherine Bailey from 2020-03-31T04:01

Industrial designer Catherine Bailey grew up playing with the old school computer punch cards that were the technological accoutrements of nearby Bell Labs. A public school art teacher gave her ...

Ep. 111: Clever Extra - Creativity & Community in a Time of Crisis from 2020-03-24T04:01

These are strange and difficult times. People are feeling anxious, isolated, and frightened. *raises hand* We reached out to friends and familiar voices you know and love from previous Clever ep...

Ep. 110: Artist Misha Kahn from 2020-03-17T04:01

Artist and designer Misha Kahn grew up hustling his lakeshore Minnesotan neighbors with tin foil wrapped baked goods, sewing clothes and hanging with exchange student stragglers. A year of guzzl...

Ep. 109: Furniture Designer Claudia Washington from 2020-03-03T05:01

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 she spent her days clipping pictures from architecture ...

Ep. 108: Artist Lisa Congdon from 2020-02-18T05:01

Artist, illustrator & author Lisa Congdon grew up being praised for hard work but not for creativity. She studied history in college, spent years as a classroom teacher, and didn’t even star...

Ep. 107: Clever Extra - Creativity is Core from 2020-02-11T05:01

This special Clever Extra, taped live at RISD as the keynote presentation of Design Week RI, four creative thought leaders come together for a discussion on the power of creativity. As a social ...

Ep. 106: Industrial Designer Konstantin Grcic from 2020-02-04T05:01

Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic grew up in Germany, listening to punk rock and dreaming of building boats. In England, he trained in cabinet making at The John Makepeace School for Craftsma...

Ep. 105: Design Impresario Murray Moss from 2020-01-21T05:01

Design impresario Murray Moss grew up in a house his father engineered with a drinking fountain in the dining room. At 5, he redecorated his farmhouse bedroom with a Chinese motif. In college, a...

Ep. 104: Graphic Designer & Artist Paula Scher from 2020-01-07T05:01

Graphic designer Paula Scher grew up drawing pictures to escape a turbulent home life. Later, rebelling against suburban existence, she ventured to art school and became a hippie, and then art d...

Ep. 83: Experience Designer Kristy Tillman [Rebroadcast] from 2019-12-31T05:01

Happy holidays + new year! We’re rebroadcasting a favorite episode from the archives. Enjoy!

Experience designer Kristy Tillman was a very studious child, extremely driven academically. Al...

Ep. 78: Victor Lytvinenko of Raleigh Denim Workshop [Rebroadcast] from 2019-12-24T05:01

Happy holidays + new year! We’re rebroadcasting a favorite episode from the archives. Enjoy!

Jeansmith and co-founder of Raleigh Denim Workshop, Victor Lytvinenko, was born with tons of en...

Ep. 89: VP of Google Hardware Design Ivy Ross [Rebroadcast] from 2019-12-17T05:01

Happy holidays + new year! We’re rebroadcasting a favorite episode from the archives. Enjoy!

Google’s Head of Hardware Design, Ivy Ross, learned from her industrial designer father how to ...

Ep. 84: Streetwear Designer Bobby Hundreds [Rebroadcast] from 2019-12-10T05:01

Happy holidays + new year! We’re rebroadcasting a favorite episode from the archives. Enjoy!

Streetwear designer Bobby Hundreds grew up as a minority of a minority, being both Korean-Ameri...

Ep. 77: Jessica Hische [Rebroadcast] from 2019-12-03T05:01

Happy holidays + new year! We’re rebroadcasting a favorite episode from the archives. Enjoy!

Graphic designer, illustrator and lettering artist, Jessica Hische forged her fierce independe...

Ep. 103: Multidisciplinary Designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance from 2019-11-26T05:01

Furniture & interior designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance moved from Paris to the “super boring” French countryside in his youth where he spent all day on his bicycle inventing new worlds in his...

Ep. 102: Furniture Designer Jeff Martin from 2019-11-12T05:01

Furniture designer Jeff Martin grew up in Vancouver, BC struggling with punctuation and hiding in a dilapidated abandoned boat. He spent his teenage years expressing himself through skateboardin...

Ep. 101: Clever Extra - Design and Consciousness from 2019-11-05T05:01

We teamed up with Tarkett for this Clever Extra to unpack the idea that we can consciously impact our wellbeing through design choices. We spoke with Mausi McDaniel of Tarkett about the cultural...

Ep. 100: Designer & Queer Eye Star Bobby Berk from 2019-10-29T04:01

Interior designer and star of Netfllix’s Queer Eye, Bobby Berk grew up in the rural south, feeling like an outsider. Before coming out as gay, he struggled with anger, depression and te...

Ep. 99: Architect and Educator Elena Manferdini from 2019-10-15T04:01

Architect and educator Elena Manferdini grew up in Italy, drawing on any surface she was allowed to, and some she wasn’t. After obtaining a degree in structural engineering, a 9-month stint in L...

Clever Presents: NeoConversations - Designing Branded Spaces from 2019-10-08T04:01

In this special Clever Extra, we’re sharing a rebroadcast of another podcast we produce for Neocon called Listen

Ep. 98: Fashion Designer Scott Sternberg from 2019-10-01T04:01

Fashion designer Scott Sternberg just wants to feel it. He grew up in Ohio, watching MTV and living an idyllic-ish childhood with requisite darkness. After an economics degree and a stint as a H...

Ep. 97: Cognitive Neuroscientist Sahar Yousef from 2019-09-17T04:01

Cognitive neuroscientist Sahar Yousef grew up in the Bay Area, the daughter of Iranian immigrants. She became fascinated by human consciousness at a young age and she followed that curiosity to ...

Ep. 96: Illustrator Abbey Lossing from 2019-09-10T04:01

Illustrator Abbey Lossing grew up in the midwest with drawing as a favorite pastime and influence from a grandmother who was a portrait painter. By high school, she was starting to take drawing ...

Ep. 95: Design Strategist Alain Sylvain from 2019-09-03T04:01

Strategy and design consultant, Alain Sylvain, was born and raised in New York City, the son of Haitian immigrants. His early creativity included playing in fake bands and starting a fake restau...

Ep. 94: Gregg Buchbinder of Emeco from 2019-08-20T04:01

Gregg Buchbinder, Chairman of iconic furniture brand Emeco, grew up in southern California, on a “long leash” and with a constant longing to be surfing or sailing. That love of the ocean infused...

Ep. 93: Designer Ana Monroe from 2019-08-06T04:01

Designer / public servant, Ana Monroe, grew up in the south to radio station-owning liberals who taught her to reject the status quo in favor of positive change. While she never did inherit her ...

Ep. 92: Designer Humberto Campana from 2019-07-23T04:01

Internationally acclaimed designer Humberto Campana grew up in small-town Brazil and found imaginative freedom in crafts and the local movie theater. During his adolescence it was considered sub...

Ep. 91: Designer Amélie Lamont from 2019-07-09T04:01

Digital designer and writer Amélie Lamont is a native New Yorker and daughter of Jamaican immigrants. A self-proclaimed nerd, she grew up reading Encyclopedia Britannica and teaching herself to ...

Ep. 90: Artist Daniel Arsham from 2019-06-25T04:01

Fine artist and designer, Daniel Arsham, grew up in Miami in the mirror image of the house across the street. After graduating from the Cooper Union, back in Miami he co-founded the artist-run g...

Ep. 89: VP of Google Hardware Design Ivy Ross from 2019-06-11T04:01

Google’s Head of Hardware Design, Ivy Ross, learned from her industrial designer father how to see the world for how it’s made, and for the possibilities of how it could be remade. Early profess...

Ep. 88: Industrial Designer Carl Gustav Magnusson from 2019-05-28T04:01

Industrial designer Carl Gustav Magnusson, was born in Sweden and grew up on a farm in Canada. Early life was informed by wide open spaces and a natural curiosity about cars and industrial farm ...

Ep. 87: Costume Concept Artist Gina DeDomenico Flanagan from 2019-05-14T04:01

Costume concept artist Gina DeDomenico Flanagan spent the first half of her childhood roller skating around a cul-de-sac and the second half riding a horse around Hawaii. She studied fashion and...

Ep. 86: Designer of Joy Ingrid Fetell Lee from 2019-04-30T04:01

Designer, researcher and author Ingrid Fetell Lee spent her childhood traveling back and forth between divorced parents, indulging her curiosity during unstructured time, and losing herself in b...

Ep. 85: Clever Extra - Voices of Impact in the Design Ecosystem from 2019-04-23T04:01

In this special Clever Extra, taped live at a Be Original Americas event in Los Angeles, we conducted 6 lightning round interviews with leaders in different areas of design and architecture. Our...

Ep. 84: Streetwear Designer Bobby Hundreds from 2019-04-16T04:01

Streetwear designer Bobby Hundreds grew up as a minority of a minority, being both Korean-American and into the socal skate punk scene. He loved to draw, but as the son of immigrants, he was not...

Ep. 83: Experience Designer Kristy Tillman from 2019-04-02T04:01

Experience designer Kristy Tillman was a very studious child, extremely driven academically. Always on the advanced track, she assumed she would one day be a lawyer like Clair Huxtable. Coding a...

Ep. 82: David Schwarz of HUSH Studios from 2019-03-19T04:01

Experience designer David Schwarz grew up “seeking weird things to explore, make and build.” Fast forward to adulthood and he’s still at it. As co-founder of Hush Studios he spends his brain pow...

Ep. 81: Zoë Pawlak from 2019-03-05T05:01

Artist and designer Zoë Pawlak knew in childhood that life in suburbia wasn’t the whole picture, so she saved her babysitting money to spend some time in Chile with relatives. The experience ope...

Ep. 80: Pablo Pardo from 2019-02-19T05:01

Lighting designer Pablo Pardo was born in Venezuela 3 minutes after his identical twin brother, making him the youngest of 5. His father’s work as a civil engineer took them to Chile until age 7...

Ep. 79: Grace Bonney from 2019-02-05T05:01

Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney grew up knowing she wasn’t straight but not knowing what to do with that. Her love of Riot Grrrl music and angry collages informed her creative identity and af...

Ep. 78: Victor Lytvinenko of Raleigh Denim Workshop from 2019-01-22T05:01

Jeansmith and co-founder of Raleigh Denim Workshop, Victor Lytvinenko, was born with tons of energy and curiosity. As he grew it led to playing soccer, building small engines, and digging deep i...

Ep. 77: Jessica Hische from 2019-01-08T05:01

Graphic designer, illustrator and lettering artist, Jessica Hische forged her fierce independence during a tough chapter in childhood. She knew from a young age that she wanted to be an artist, ...

Ep. 43: Marcel Wanders [Rebroadcast] from 2019-01-01T05:01

Happy New Year! This episode originally aired on November 14, 2017.

International design star, Marcel Wanders, grew up in the Netherlands taking things apart and making gifts from the pie...

Ep. 13: Tanya Aguiñiga [Rebroadcast] from 2018-12-25T05:01

Happy holidays! This episode aired originally on 9/20/16.

Mexican and American artist/designer/maker/activist Tanya Aguiñiga shares with Jaime and Amy what it was like growing up in Tijua...

Ep. 7: Terry Crews [Rebroadcast] from 2018-12-18T05:01

Happy holidays! We’re rebroadcasting a favorite episode from the archives. This episode aired originally on June 26, 2016. Enjoy!

Actor, artist and renaissance man, Terry Crews recounts h...

Ep. 76: Todd Oldham from 2018-12-11T05:01

Everyone’s most beloved DIY hero, fashion designer, and creative maverick Todd Oldham grew up experimenting at the family craft table and stabbing his sister (volunteer fit model) with pins. A s...

Ep. 75: Lauren Makk from 2018-11-27T05:01

Interior designer and TV personality Lauren Makk grew up in the south, fluffing other people’s pillows, painting murals on train cars under cover of darkness, and rolling with her car crew I...