Jaimee Newberry is the co-founder of Picture This Clothing. Draw a picture or take a picture and get it put on a dress or a T-shirt. It’s that simple — well, it’s that simple for the maker, which is what Jaimee is all about. She and her partner fell into the business through a tweet. Three years in,… Continue reading Picture Yourself on a Dress and Deliver with Jaimee Newberry (Episode 113)
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What’s Your Latest with CW&T: Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy (Episode 111)
CW&T is Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy. They combine art, technology, design, and manufacture into everyday objects that have nothing everyday about them, as well as unique expressions of industrial design that can’t be compared with anything else. In this episode, we talk about one of their latest endeavors, Time Since Launch, a single-use launch clock… Continue reading What’s Your Latest with CW&T: Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy (Episode 111)
Painting with Lasers: Dan Shapiro, Shell Meggersee, and Nick Taylor (Episode 109)
This episode is recorded live at Glowforge, makers of a 2D laser cutter—but it’s not a sponsored episode and we don’t talk about the hardware much at all. Instead, it’s conversation about what people are trying to make and how to get started as a creator. I talk with Glowforge founder (and my friend) Dan Shapiro,… Continue reading Painting with Lasers: Dan Shapiro, Shell Meggersee, and Nick Taylor (Episode 109)
Living a Life in Letterpress: Live at Ada’s (Episode 108)
My love of letterpress printing is no secret, and in this episode, I speak to two designers who devote parts of their working lives to modern letterpress. This episode was taped live at Ada’s Technical Books and Café in Seattle on January 23. Printing didn’t change much from about 1450 to 1950. It became faster,… Continue reading Living a Life in Letterpress: Live at Ada’s (Episode 108)
Live Event January 23: The Life of a Letterpress Printer
The first live event of the renewed New Disruptors happens Jan. 23 at Ada’s Technical Books and Café in Seattle. I asked three local letterpress artists to talk about what it’s like to run a partial or full career in the 21st century using techniques and technology that dates back to the 15th to early… Continue reading Live Event January 23: The Life of a Letterpress Printer
Otherworldly Artistic Creation with Shing Yin Khor (Episode 103)
Shing Yin Khor is a multi-dimensional artist, almost literally. They’re a cartoonist, illustrator, sculptor, and installation and experimental artist. They work across many media, technology, and ideas. They say they’ve entered a new phase of their career over the last five years, and we talk about their work, empathy, and how they got here. Sponsors This… Continue reading Otherworldly Artistic Creation with Shing Yin Khor (Episode 103)
What’s Your Latest? Studio Neat’s Mark One Pen (Episode 102)
Welcome to a mini episode of The New Disruptors, “What’s Your Latest,” in which I ask creators just about the most recent thing they made. Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt are Studio Neat, independent industrial designers and app developers for nearly a decade, and an early Kickstarter success. Their latest product is the Mark One, an all-metal… Continue reading What’s Your Latest? Studio Neat’s Mark One Pen (Episode 102)
Shipping Is Violence with Jesse Genet and Stephan Ango (Episode 101)
Jesse Genet and Stephan Ango co-founded Lumi almost a decade ago. It first made wallets and prints and dyed material, then developed and distributed a light-sensitive fabric ink. Now it’s a company that manages the production and ordering of packaging supplies. This might sound unrelated, but it’s a natural transition resulting from interrogating one’s interests, figuring out… Continue reading Shipping Is Violence with Jesse Genet and Stephan Ango (Episode 101)
99a: Embrace Your Inner (Cute) Critic
We’re still raising funds to restart The New Disruptors! At this writing, we’re over 55% of the way there with a couple weeks to go! Visit our Kickstarter and back at any level. In this special bonus pre-reboot Episode 99a of The New Disruptors, I’m in conversation with Lucy Bellwood, Adventure Cartoonist!, at Brick & Mortar Books… Continue reading 99a: Embrace Your Inner (Cute) Critic
Fit to Print with Andy McMillan (Episode 92)
Andy McMillan makes things that bring people together: the Build conference, the XOXO festival, and The Manual, a series of books with thoughtful essays about design. After producing three print volumes of The Manual, he’s trying to take it to the next level, and produce something openly, broadly available across many media, that’s a collaboration… Continue reading Fit to Print with Andy McMillan (Episode 92)