Dissection

Anne Jordan designs book covers and other graphic objects. She works in collaboration with her husband Mitch Goldstein to explore the intersection of typography and materials. They are based in Rochester, New York, USA. Anne earned her BFA in Graphic Design from Rhode Island School of Design, and her MFA in Design/Visual Communications from Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts. She has taught graphic design at Maryland Institute College of Art and Virginia Commonwealth University. In this episode we speak with Anne about the cover design of 'The Woman Who Read Too Much'

Hinterland is a New-York based multidisciplinary design studio that creates branding for print, digital and physical environments, as well as publication design for books and magazines. In this episode we speak with Scott Buschkuhl about the SVA 2016 Senior Library book.

Andy Chen and Waqas Jawaid are partners at Isometric, a visual identity and graphic design consultancy that specializes in print, digital, and exhibition design. Based in New York City, they collaborate with cultural institutions, businesses, and nonprofits to reinvent the way they present themselves visually and strategically. Isometric also works with a variety of organizations that represent marginalized and underserved populations, including civilians in zones of conflict, subjects of human trafficking, and more. They believe in design that transcends existing expectations by challenging cliches and stereotypes in visual culture. In this episode, we speak with Andy and Waqas about the branding and environmental design they did for the Princeton University Fields Center.

In this roundtable discussion, Jason and Chris discuss the pro's and con's of open source branding and crowd sourced branding. Examples discussed include Mozilla, Firefox, Gap, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Keira Alexandrastarted her career at the seminal design studio M&Co., founded by Tibor Kalman, followed by creative director positions at MTV and Sundance TV. She has taught in the graphic design graduate program at Yale since 1999 and frequently lectures about design. Kiffer Keeganbegan as a cinematographer and motion designer. Before becoming a partner at Work-Order, he worked as senior designer at Comedy Central and as lead designer and animator for over a dozen major luxury and media accounts, from Acura to HBO. In this episode we’ll speak with Kiera and Kiffer about the rebranding of The Huffington Post that their studio did last year.

Studio Moross is a multi-tasking studio that creates, art directs, designs, and films some of the biggest brands on the planet. Working with the most cutting-edge designers, the Studio Moross approach is unparalleled: creating instantly recognizable and totally unforgettable art direction, print, packaging, moving image and branding to make the world look fresher, better and more alive. As yet they’ve created iconic work for the likes of MTV, Disclosure, Sam Smith, Ray-Ban, Dreamland, Vice, Young Turks and One Direction among many, many others. In this episode, we speak with Kate Moross and illustrator/designer Guy about the Park Life 2017 campaign.

In this week's roundtable discussion, Jason and Chris discuss the IHOP / IHOB branding campaign; Ogilvy's brand refresh, and changes in the B2B marketing industry, with a focus on employer branding.

Antonio Alcalá opened Studio A in 1988 after graduating from the Yale School Art with an MFA in graphic design. Since then, his studio has won awards of excellence in design from local, national and international design institutions. His clients include the National Gallery of Art, the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution. Alcalá is responsible for the design of US postage stamps as an art director for the United States Postal Service, and in 2011, Alcalá was nominated for two National Design Awards from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. His work is represented in the AIGA Design Archives, the National Postal Museum, and the Library of Congress Permanent Collection of Graphic Design. In this episode we speak with Antonio about his role as an Art Director for the United States Postal Service.

Bobby C. Martin Jr. is a founding partner of Original Champions of Design in New York City, where he guides OCD's culture and sets the relentless standard of design and vision for the company. Since founding the branding and design agency, with Jennifer Kinon in 2010, he has partnered with a wide range of clients such as the Girl Scouts of the USA, MTV, the New York Times, the National Basketball Association and the Studio Museum in Harlem to ensure their growth and creative goals. This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2018.typographics.com. To receive a $50 discount for individual tickets for professionals, students and educators, use the coupon code DISSECTION_50 at checkout.

Lance Wyman is a graphic designer specializing in systems for cities, events, institutions and transit systems. Over the past 5 decades he has helped to define the field of environmental graphics. He teaches corporate and wayfinding design at Parsons where he has been a visiting lecturer since 1973. In this episode, we speak with Lance about the branding, typography, and industrial design he has done for the City of Mexico, which started with the Summer Olympics in 1968. This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2018.typographics.com. To receive a $50 discount for individual tickets for professionals, students and educators, use the coupon code DISSECTION_50 at checkout.