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Tag: Designer

242 | Elizabeth Semmelhack (Future Now: Virtual Sneakers)

Posted on May 31, 2022October 21, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 242 | Elizabeth Semmelhack (Future Now: Virtual Sneakers)
242 | Elizabeth Semmelhack (Future Now: Virtual Sneakers)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Senior Curator Elizabeth Semmelhack about the Bata Shoe Museum’s exhibition Future Now which includes 3D printed sneakers.

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137 | Elizabeth Semmelhack (Sneakers x Culture: Collab)

Posted on December 10, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 137 | Elizabeth Semmelhack (Sneakers x Culture: Collab)
137 | Elizabeth Semmelhack (Sneakers x Culture: Collab)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Elizabeth Semmelhack the Senior Curator of the Bata Shoe Museum & author of Sneaker X Culture: Collab.

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100 | Michael Dobell (Jam3)

Posted on January 22, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 100 | Michael Dobell (Jam3)
100 | Michael Dobell (Jam3)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan interviews Michael Dobell Head of Production at Jam3 a design & experience agency that partners with adidas.

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099 | Martin Leblanc (Sid Lee Architecture)

Posted on January 15, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 099 | Martin Leblanc (Sid Lee Architecture)
099 | Martin Leblanc (Sid Lee Architecture)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan interviews Martin Leblanc a partner at Sid Lee Architecture which approaches projects from a multidisciplinary perspective.

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085 | Dave Brown (Microsoft / Holiday Matinee)

Posted on July 24, 2018March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 085 | Dave Brown (Microsoft / Holiday Matinee)
085 | Dave Brown (Microsoft / Holiday Matinee)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Dave Brown a Creative Director at Microsoft. In a treehouse! Woot!!

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083 | Natalie Black (Royal Ontario Museum)

Posted on June 12, 2018March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 083 | Natalie Black (Royal Ontario Museum)
083 | Natalie Black (Royal Ontario Museum)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Natalie Black an exhibition designer at the Royal Ontario Museum.

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081 | Matt McCue (99U)

Posted on May 8, 2018March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 081 | Matt McCue (99U)
081 | Matt McCue (99U)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Matt McCue the Editor-in-Chief of 99U.

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078 | Graham McDonnell (T Brand Studio)

Posted on April 17, 2018March 5, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 078 | Graham McDonnell (T Brand Studio)
078 | Graham McDonnell (T Brand Studio)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Graham McDonnell creative director at T Brand Studio the brand marketing unit of The New York Times.

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077 | Emily Oberman (Pentagram & DC Entertainment)

Posted on April 10, 2018March 5, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 077 | Emily Oberman (Pentagram & DC Entertainment)
077 | Emily Oberman (Pentagram & DC Entertainment)

Sammy Younan welcomes Emily Oberman a multidisciplinary designer from Pentagram whose work includes the DC Comics Logo & the identity for Ready Player One.

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046 | Stefan Sagmeister (The Happy Film)

Posted on June 6, 2017March 5, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 046 | Stefan Sagmeister (The Happy Film)
046 | Stefan Sagmeister (The Happy Film)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks with Stefan Sagmeister designer, typographer and co-director of The Happy Film.

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    by Sammy Younan
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    by Sammy Younan
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    Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from Democracy Now!
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    by Sammy Younan
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    by Sammy Younan
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