Erez Nevi Pana is an explorer who uses design as a significant tool to investigate phenomena through material experimentation. Nevi Pana earned his BA in design from the Holon Institute of Technology and a MA from the Design Academy Eindhoven where his thesis focused on the recrystallization of salt. He now practices research and design around the world as a doctoral student investigating the topic of vegan design. For roughly an hour, we discuss a method of creating a purpose-driven design system.

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This episode begins a new Educated Guess segment called "Incomplete Thoughts". Occurring only on Mondays, these episodes--in conjunction with lecture hall episodes--aim to provide both tactical and aspirational advice directly from Justin McElderry.

For this episode, we provide you with an excerpt from an interview Justin recently did with his brother, Bryan. For about an hour, they discuss 3 different ideas to consider that might just help you reclaim the childlike feeling toward you dreams again. 

Some of these ideas include: 

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Every artist dreads answering one single question, “What do you do?”. So, in an attempt to understand new ways of dealing with this angst, we lean on Dave + Mark, founders of Dark Igloo. And, in this episode, we explore how they’ve found a unique sweet spot to describe what they do and why. Some topics we cover include: 

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For just a moment, let's think back to the days of yelling at our peers--and maybe even our parents--this very statement, "You're Not the Boss of Me!".

We were so convinced that we were the sole proprietors of our future. We were in control. We held the keys to our happiness inside of us. And, we were courageous enough to let everyone know the same. 

Now, logically, there is only one question that follows: "What changed over the years?"

So, on today's episode, we are explaining this question in detail. Some topics covered include: 

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Melancholy is often considered cool in the art world. Yet, plenty of examples show the extreme consequence of living in a consistent state of sadness and reserved joy. Often, artists and designers think that keeping joy within is the only way to remain happy. The internal satisfaction of living a reserved lifestyle is often the fuel for the some of the greatest work ever. 

But, as Newton said, energy cannot be created on destroyed--only transferred. So, where is your energy going?

Today, we unpack new ways of looking at the current moment. We imagine new ways of using sad moments as fuel for our work without becoming a slave to our desires. Tune in.

Rachel is a Tokyo-based, multidisciplinary designer and art director originally from England. Her work is multidisciplinary and echoes her interest in music nature and contemporary culture. She has worked for independent record labels XL Recordings and Young Turks, as well as freelance projects for clients such as Adidas, Puma, Sony Music and Universal Music.

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Hobbies are often a sore spot for many artists. Having someone refer to your very craft as a "hobby" is almost the ultimate diss to some. Yet, today, we make an attempt to make peace with hobbies once and for all.

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Dewey Saunders is a Florida-born visual artist residing in Los Angeles. Some central themes in his work include hip hop and psychedelia.

And, most recently, he’s garnered a lot attention for his work with both Future and Anderson.Paak on album art. 

For about an hour, we talk about the trials of practicing art full-time as well as being disciplined in your design aesthetic. Tune in. 

Ben Fry is principal of Fathom, a design and software consultancy located in Boston. He received his doctoral degree from the Aesthetics + Computation Group at the MIT Media Laboratory, where his research focused on combining fields such as computer science, statistics, graphic design, and data visualization as a means for understanding information.

Fathom’s projects span from arenas of social justice like an affordability calculator for Farmers to the computer graphics built inside of Minority Report. Independent of his work with Fathom, he’s garnered degrees + accolades from MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Cooper Hewitt, + the MOMA. 

For roughly an hour, we talk about the many applications of cross-disciplinary visual art + we work hard to try and identify a reasonable answer to the question “can visual art help save the world?” 

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This week on our radio show, we are joined by Natalie Nixon. Natalie holds a PhD. and is the founder of Figure 8 Thinking, LLC. She advises leaders on change management at publicly traded and privately held corporations and non-profits. She helps them find ways to leverage creativity, sustain innovation and achieve systemic change -- at scale. We spend roughly 1 hour talking through real methods of changing the way you work and implementing change into your daily life. Some of the topics / questions we cover include: