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The Sweet Flypaper
by Marquise Stillwell
Designer Marquise Stillwell’s new podcast series “The Sweet Flypaper” - borrows its name from “The Sweet Flypaper of Life,” a 1955 fiction and photography book by photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes, describing 1950s Black family life in Harlem, New York City. Joined at the beginning of each episode by friend, educator and Creative Economist, Neil Ramsay, this conversation series responds to a growing need to reexamine how design powers the world and our lives, and its potential to thoughtfully – and poetically – influence societal change. Stillwell firmly believes in the concept of holistic design practices, which, with the help of Ramsay, he uses as a guide to navigate through the ten episodes of the first season. From Deb Willis’ celebration of Black history, joy and progress through photography, to Paola Antonelli’s philosophy that design democratization and literacy can be a catalyst for progress, Stillwell takes us on a warm, approachable journey through the nuanc
Episodes
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Sara Zewde on Landscape Psychology and The Craft of Construction
In this week’s conversation, I speak with Sara Zewde, principal of Studio Zewde, the Harlem-based landscape architecture, urban design, and public art firm. Sara is Assistant Professor of Practice at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and is the recipient of a number of awards,...
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Derrick Adams on Visual Language and Reframing The Black Experience
In this episode, I speak with the Baltimore-born, Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Derrick Adams. His work resides in the prestigious collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Studio Museum in Harlem, the Whitney Museum of American Art among many others. We go deep into Adams’...
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Franklin Sirmans on Meaningful Representation and Community Responsibility
I spoke with curator, writer, art critic, and Perez Art Museum Miami’s (PAMM) director Franklin Sirmans about the importance of deep, layered cultural representation - one that goes beyond optics and into every fiber of his work. Previously Franklin served as department head and curator of...
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Paola Antonelli on Her Philosophy of Design and The Power of Objects
In this episode, I speak with design legend Paola Antonelli, who has contributed her expertise to MoMA since 2014, serves as the Senior Curator of the Department of Architecture & Design and also Research and Development. We discuss her career and philosophy of design as power. For Antonelli, her...
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Deborah Willis on Capturing Black Joy
She is a MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow, and University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. In 2014 Willis received the NAACP Image Award for her co-authored book Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the...
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Dean Milton S.F. Curry on Empathetic Architecture and Civic Duty
In this episode, I speak with Dean Milton S.F. Curry about his life’s work and the importance – and civic duty – of architecture and design on giving shape and energy to cultural and community engagement. Curry, who is currently the Dean (and Professor) at the University of Southern California's...
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dream hampton on Film, Legacies and Liberation
In this episode, I speak with award-winning activist, writer, and filmmaker dream hampton. We get into the influence of Black liberation legacies on dream’s work, the power and limitations of language to damage and elevate, and most importantly, how film can work as a tool to communicate people’s...
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Signe Nielsen on Architectural Storytelling and Urban Sustainability
This week I reconnected with Signe Nielson, a landscape architect and founding principal at Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects in NYC. She is also a professor of urban design and landscape architecture at Pratt Institute and an active participant in New York City design policy and approvals.…
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Mel Chin on Political Poetry and Radical Intervention
What a privilege it is to speak with interdisciplinary artist Mel Chin about his wide-ranging, often collaborative 40+ year practice. We get deep into many of Mel’s projects and what brings them all together - the balance of poetry and abstraction with urgent political ideas, and the importance…
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Dr. Ingrid Waldron on Democratizing Information, Environmental Racism and Inequality of Health
In this episode, I speak with Toronto-based Social scientist, professor, filmmaker and activist Dr. Ingrid Waldron. Dr. Waldron co-produced the 2019 film There's Something in the Water, based on her book of the same name. She most recently joined the humanities department at McMaster University,...
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Welcome to The Sweet Flypaper
Designer Marquise Stillwell’s new podcast series “The Sweet Flypaper” - borrows its name from “The Sweet Flypaper of Life,” a 1955 fiction and photography book by photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes, describing 1950s Black family life in Harlem, New York City. Joined at the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Designer Marquise Stillwell’s new podcast series “The Sweet Flypaper” - borrows its name from “The Sweet Flypaper of Life,” a 1955 fiction and photography book by photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes, describing 1950s Black family life in Harlem, New York City. Joined at the beginning of each episode by friend, educator and Creative Economist, Neil Ramsay, this conversation series responds to a growing need to reexamine how design powers the world and our lives, and its potential to thoughtfully – and poetically – influence societal change. Stillwell firmly believes in the concept of holistic design practices, which, with the help of Ramsay, he uses as a guide to navigate through the ten episodes of the first season. From Deb Willis’ celebration of Black history, joy and progress through photography, to Paola Antonelli’s philosophy that design democratization and literacy can be a catalyst for progress, Stillwell takes us on a warm, approachable journey through the nuanc
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Designer Marquise Stillwell’s new podcast series “The Sweet Flypaper” - borrows its name from “The Sweet Flypaper of Life,” a 1955 fiction and photography book by photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes, describing 1950s Black family life in Harlem, New York City. Joined at the beginning...
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