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Core77 Presents Afterschool

by Don Lehman

Core77 is pleased to present Afterschool, hosted by Don Lehman of More/Real. Afterschool comes from an industrial design background, but focuses on all types of creativity: Graphic design, storytelling, architecture, cooking, illustration, branding, materials, business, research... anything that could enrich your thought process, we'll talk about.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 20: Ti Chang

    The "Women in Industrial Design" will be on view this weekend, on Saturday, June 14, for one night only at Astro's design studio on 348 6th St, as part of San Francisco's design week festivities. Of course, today's guest, Ti Chang, only moonlights as the organizer of the show: By day, she's an...

  2. Episode 19: Craighton Berman

    Craig is in the middle of a pretty formidable transition with his work. He’s combining most of it under a new brand which he is calling Manual as well as launching a new product called the Manual Coffeemaker or MCM. If you haven’t seen it before, it’s this beautiful glass terrarium-like, pour…

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  3. Episode 18: Michael DiTullo

    If you’ve hung around Core77 for awhile, you ve probably seen the name “Yo!” pop up on the Discussions boards and writing the occasional article on the main page. Yo! happens to be the alias of our good friend, Michael DiTullo. Michael is a super talented designer who has worked for Evo, Nike,...

  4. Episode 17: Caroline Baumann

    2014 promises to be a historic year for the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum here in New York City. Their wildly successful National Design Award program, which has quickly become the most coveted honor for American designers, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. 2014 also…

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  5. Episode 16: Paul Lukas

    We’re entering a news window where most of the major stories will revolve around sports. Last night we had the Super Bowl and this Thursday is the start of the Winter Olympics in Russia. Designers are notoriously uninterested in sports. I know this because I’m generally the only one of my design...

  6. Episode 15: Leander Kahney

    When I was in high school and just starting to think about college, I knew I wanted to get into design, but wasn’t sure what that meant exactly. I liked making things and loved all of my art classes, but design wasn’t talked about much back then, which made it hard to learn about. And then, the...

  7. Episode 14: FiftyThree

    You probably know FiftyThree from their iPad sketch app, Paper. Unlike other sketch apps, which are loaded with pro features, Paper is notable for how pared down it is. By using just six brushes, a color mixing palette, and intuitive gestures, Paper gets out of the way of the sketch process and...

  8. Episode 13: Next Generation Gaming Consoles

    The past couple of weeks have seen the release of two next generation video game consoles: The PS4 and the Xbox One. I love when new consoles come out. It's such an infrequent occurrence that every console becomes a milestone for design and technology. So I thought it would be fun to break down…

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  9. Episode 12: Paolo Rivera

    Comic book artist Paolo Rivera has done everything from lusciously handpainted origin stories of Captain America, Hulk, Spiderman, Xmen, and Fantastic Four to helping reboot Daredevil to an untold number of covers for titles such as Wolverine and Guardians of the Galaxy. His work has a graphic,...

  10. Episode 11: Pensa!

    Brooklyn-based design firm Pensa, is helping to pioneer the movement for consultancies to bring their own projects to market. Earlier this summer they partnered with Goal Zero and AT&T to develop Street Charge, a solar powered charging station that can be easily installed in public spaces. Today…

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  11. Episode 10: Joey Roth

    There’s a certain quality to Joey Roth’s work. It could be the honest use of materials, or the quirky essentialness of his form language, or maybe it’s clean functionality of his products. From his Ceramic Speaker System, to his poster series, to his self watering planter, maybe all you need to…

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  12. Episode 9: Rusty Meadows

    If you’re reading this, then you’ve probably had the same dream as a lot of us: You want to make and sell your own thing. You may not even know what that thing is yet exactly, you just know you want to do it. And that can be daunting. Maybe even feel nearly impossible. Well you’re in luck…

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  13. Episode 8: Neven Mrgan

    No redesign affects hundreds of millions of people around the world quite like an update to an operating system. In September, Apple released a doozy: iOS 7 is one of the biggest updates in the company’s history, marking the beginning of a new era for it’s software and Apple itself. Like anything...

  14. Episode 7: Catherine Bailey

    Our guest today is Catherine Bailey, the co-owner and Creative Director of Heath Ceramics. We talk about her career as an industrial designer and her path to turning around a beloved American ceramic studio and manufacturer.

  15. Episode 6: Gary Hustwit

    Our guest today is Gary Hustwit, the documentarian behind The Design Trilogy which features the films Helvetica, Objectified, and Urbanized. We talk about the trilogy and the new book he has up on Kickstarter: The Complete Interviews featuring the full length and unedited interviews from those...

  16. Episode 5: Dan Provost & Tom Gerhardt of Studio Neat

    Our guests today are the two co-founders of Studio Neat, Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt. Their design for an iPhone camera mount, called Glif, was the very first product design project to launch on Kickstarter way back in 2010. Since then, they have launched two other projects, Cosmonaut, a wide…

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  17. Episode 4: Martin Kastner of Crucial Detail

    Our guest today is Martin Kastner, the founder and principal designer at Crucial Detail in Chicago. One of his major clients also happens to be one of the world’s top restaurants: Alinea. If it sounds funny to hear that a restaurant regularly works with a designer, well: The food they create at...

  18. Episode 3: Robert Brunner of Ammunition

    This week's guest on Afterschool is Robert Brunner, the founder of Ammunition in San Francisco. We go deep on the creation of the Beats by Dre line of which Ammunition has helped develop along with Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre. We also talk about setting up Ammunition.

  19. Episode 2: Paul Hatch Talks About the IDSA International Conference

    In this special edition of Afterschool, we talk with conference chair Paul Hatch about the planning behind the conference, some of the speakers attendees will see, and what to do in Chicago. Even if you're not going to the conference, this is a great behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to put...

  20. Episode 1: Rich Brilliant Willing

    Our first guests are Theo Richardson, Charles Brill and Alexander Williams-- the dynamic trio behind Rich Brilliant Willing, a lighting and furniture manufacturer based in Brooklyn. Although they have been on the scene for only a few years, RBW has already carved out a reputation for creating…

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Core77 is pleased to present Afterschool, hosted by Don Lehman of More/Real. Afterschool comes from an industrial design background, but focuses on all types of creativity: Graphic design, storytelling, architecture, cooking, illustration, branding, materials, business, research... anything that could enrich your thought process, we'll talk about.

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