Podcasts by Sway Podcast
With weekly themes as its foundation, Sway researches, curates, discourses, envisions, and art directs the upcoming and current trends of visual communication. Its editors are based in the Lehigh Valley and San Francisco.
Further podcasts by Jarrett Fuller and Rory King
Podcast on the topic Design
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Episode 20: I want to see designers fighting! from 2022-02-22T03:49:00.848331
In this episode we critique the critics. We look at the articles about Google's new logo and try to figure out what's missing in current design criticism. By looking at history and imagining the fu...
ListenEpisode 7: Design looks like a joke from 2022-02-22T03:49:00.792731
We open this episode reflecting on Massimo Vignelli's death and the influence he had on our work through the years. This leads to a discussion on how the internet has changed our approach to design...
ListenEpisode 21: Quite frankly, I don't know what they're expecting from 2016-04-10T08:00
After a long haitus, we are back with a new episode about the pros and cons of working in-house. We look at our own careers and the work we’ve done and how our opinions of in-house design jobs have...
ListenEpisode 19: Nothing but naked women from 2015-08-08T08:00
This episode starts with two questions: what happened to all the good design blogs and how has social media changed graphic design culture? This leads to a discussion about how to find inspiration,...
ListenEpisode 18: We were touched by Paul Rand's ghost from 2015-06-13T08:00
In this episode, we are joined by designer and educator Mitch Goldstein to talk about thinking versus making, theorist versus practitioner, and critic versus designer. Mitch shares his origin story...
ListenEpisode 17: The Term is Dead, Part 2 from 2015-05-18T08:00
After a few weeks of reflecting and writing, we return with some answers to the question of if graphic design is still a good term for everything we do. We look at each of our essays and offer some...
ListenEpisode 16: The Term is Dead, Part 1 from 2015-04-28T08:00
In this episode, we look at the current state of graphic design: what is it and what is it for? Using a recent Rem Koolhaas exhibition as our guide, we wonder what the future of graphic design look...
ListenEpisode 15: Uncataloged from 2015-04-15T08:00
Recorded in January 2015, this is a short conversation we had about archiving. We discuss a New Yorker article on the Internet Archive, how we save digital work for future generations, and who gets...
ListenEpisode 14: I just hit keys until things sound good. from 2014-12-14T08:00
For the final episode of the year, we want to take time to talk about the things that aren't design that inspire us and influence our work. We discuss the work of Hans Ulrich Obrist, Brian Eno, Wes...
ListenEpisode 13: There are lots of amazing giant peirogies now from 2014-11-10T08:00
We’re joined by our former professor Josh Miller for a great conversation on design education, how web design fits into modern curriculums, what students should learn while in school, trends, and w...
ListenEpisode 12: I'd rather go to McDonald's and have it my way than go to the Rubin and sit in the corner from 2014-11-02T08:00
After a summer hiatus, we're back with a new episode on video and how motion fits into graphic design. Looking at the short teaser 2x4 created for the new identity they created for the Rubin Museum...
ListenEpisode 11: I'm just trying to sound philosophical now from 2014-08-19T08:00
Rory has a flash of inspiration while drinking lemonade at dinner so we jump on a call to talk about design education and the advantages of teaching design in a broad sense—ignoring typography and ...
ListenEpisode 10: Thoughts or Comments? from 2014-08-11T08:00
Just back from Typography Summer School in New York City, Rory rants about graphic design culture which leads to the idea of amateurism within the profession and how an outsider perspective can lea...
ListenEpisode 9: It doesn't have a penguin; it doesn't have randomness; and it doesn't have a house from 2014-07-23T08:00
In this episode, we critique the new identities for Cooper Hewitt and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, both designed by Pentagram, and the growing trend of designing evolving logo systems. Looking b...
ListenEpisode 8: I have those emotional breakdowns, too from 2014-06-23T08:00
In an emotionally charged episode, Rory kicks it off talking about the Group Material monograph, Show and Tell, that leads to a discussion on art and design and how to define them. The conversation...
ListenEpisode 6: The Five Obstructions from 2014-05-10T08:00
We spend this episode reflecting on our recently completed Five Obstructions project. We talk about our favorite weeks, the hardest part of the project, and how we approached each week’s obstructio...
ListenEpisode 5: I feel like a creep from 2014-04-22T08:00
Inspired by the last episode’s discussion on manifestos and our guiding design principles, we use this episode to talk about the one piece of design that has had the most influence on our own pract...
ListenEpisode 4: Whatever the hell his name is from 2014-04-01T08:00
In this episode, we spend a lot of time talking about the new 2014 edition of the First Things First manifesto. We compare it to the 1964 and 2000 versions and how we approach it different now that...
ListenEpisode 3: I’m sorry, this is about to get very meta from 2014-03-30T08:00
After a quick follow up on The Five Obstructions, we jump into a conversation about how to insert ourselves into the design discussion and whether or not we have anything valuable to add and if we ...
ListenEpisode 2: Barbara Walters in Photoshop interviewing Saddam Huissein from 2014-03-05T08:00
In the second episode of the Sway Podcast, we talk about Squarespace and the rise of DIY design tools and what the democratization of design means for designers and the profession at large. A discu...
ListenEpisode 1: Processing the Process from 2014-02-27T08:00
In the first episode of the Sway Podcast, a discussion about design philosophies leads into how to think critically about your design process and then making your process a part of the design. By l...
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