Dissection

Jessica Svendsen is a designer working in identity, editorial design, and illustration. She is currently based in New York City and works at the New York Times Magazine. Previously, Jessica worked as a designer at Apple and at Pentagram in New York for partner Michael Bierut. Jessica teaches design as adjunct faculty at Parsons The New School and the Pratt Institute. She received a MFA in Graphic Design from the Yale School of Art and a BA in English Literature from Yale University. In this episode we speak with Jessica about the rebranding she did for the Charlie Rose television show, website, and collateral.

Over 25 years, Tobias Frere-Jones has established himself as one of the world’s leading typeface designers, creating some of the most widely used typefaces, including Interstate, Poynter Oldstyle, Whitney, Gotham, Surveyor, and Tungsten. In this episode we speak with Tobias about Retina, the 2nd font released from his studio Frere-Jones Type.

Rafael Esquer runs Alfalfa Studio, his own design studio which he established in 2004. Clients have included The New York Times Magazine, Kate Spade New York, Nike, Björk, AIGA, The Philip Johnson Glass House, The Houston Rockets, Target, and IBM. Some of his work is contained in the Library of Congress poster collection, the Museum of Fine Art in Montreal, the Poster Museum in Poland and the Olympic Museum in Switzerland. In this episode we speak with Rafael about the badge he designed for the New York City Football Club.

Martine Bertrand is a multidisciplinary artist who has worked for over twenty five years as a theatrical costume designer. Her career is one of international acclaim and her designs have graced the stages of some of the most prestigious opera houses around the world. In 2016, Martine marked another milestone in her career when she conceived and designed the graphic language used by the aliens for Denis Villeneuve’s motion picture Arrival starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner.

Marian Bantjes is a designer, typographer, writer and illustrator working internationally from her base on a small island off the west coast of Canada, near Vancouver. She is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI), and regularly speaks about her work and thoughts at conferences and events worldwide. In this episode we spoke with Marian about the Coexistence poster she designed for AGI.

Matt Lehman is equal parts graphic designer, illustrator, and art director.He began his career in 2001 at Anderson Design Group in Nashville. It was there that he once laid out packaging for a cassette. In 2007, he joined CMT / MTV Networks focusing on show identities and the network rebrand in 2009. In 2010 he formed Matt Lehman Studioworking for brands such as ESPN, Delta, PepsiCo, The Atlantic, Esquire, Nickelodeon andNASAto name a few. In this episode we speak with Matt about his redesign of the colophon for The Atlantic magazine.

At the end of 2008, afterworking in agencies and studios between Barcelona, Düsseldorf and Munich, Marta Cerdà Alimbau won theADC Young Guns and decided to found her own studio. Since then, she’s worked on globalprojects which call for Art Direction, Design, Illustration and Custom Typography forArts, Culture and Advertising Clients. You can currently find her between Amsterdamand Barcelona. In this episode we speak with Marta about the imaginary alphabet she designed for the OFFF Unmasked book.

Emily is a multi-disciplinary designer and partner at Pentagram in New York City whose work encompasses brand identity, motion graphics, publications, packaging, advertising and websites for clients including NBC, Herman Miller, Conde Nast, HBO, The Whitney Museum of American Art, MTV, and many more. Her design is notable for its intelligence, political commitment and sense of humor. In this episode we talk with Emily about the brand identity for the non-profit organization Film Independent.

For over 10 years, Jason Kernevich and Dustin Summers have been working together as The Heads of State. They’ve created award winning posters, book covers, branding, and illustration for a diverse and impressive list of clients. They lecture frequently about their work and process and teach graphic design and illustration at Tyler School of Art where they both studied. In this episode we talk with Dusty and Art Director Woody Harrington about the booklets they designed for New Balance for the Boston and Brooklyn Marathons.

Coe Leta Stafford is a Senior Design Director at IDEO and instructor at IDEO U where she specializes in Design Research, insights and innovation. Since joining IDEO in 2006, she’s been leading teams to solve problems more creatively in industries such as Microsoft, eBay, Target, Bank of America, Sesame Street, Electronic Arts, non-profit foundations, and government and healthcare groups. Her work has won several international awards been featured in the New York Times and Wired. Kat Chanover is a creative producer and designer who has worked in hi-tech, consumer products, and film. She loves bringing ideas to life and making sure that IDEO U’s video content is always polished, inspiring, and playful. In this episode, we’ll speak with Coe Leta and Kat about IDEO U, an online school where anyone can unlock their creative potential through design thinking and collaboration.