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July 2026: The Power of Print
Plus a special roundup of architectural reviews of the Obama Presidential Center
Jul 6
1
June 2026: Data Viz Month!
We hosted a series of conversation about the politics of information design, the history of the diagram, and data humanism.
Jun 1
2
1
May 2026: It's time to redesign design
Experimental galleries, climate change, non-profits, the relationship between design and pedagogy, + more.
May 4
1
1
April 2026: Design from the in-between
A series of conversations about multi/trans/anti-disciplinary practices and what that means for design and culture.
Apr 6
March 2026: Food, Fiction, and Clear Sense of Purpose
Plus stories about an 18th century playwright and architect, a book about signs, and visiting Chicago.
Mar 2
February 2026: CCA Closes, The importance of making, the relationship between music and design
Plus conversations about short books on architecture and ten years of NY-based PAU.
Feb 2
1
January 2026: Better design writing, Designers on Sofas, and New Year's Resolutions
Happy New Year!
Jan 5
4
1
December 2025: The Invention of Design, The Intelligence of Water, The Venice Biennale
This month we had conversations about design history and architectural intelligence and published stories about experimental graphic design and what we…
Dec 1, 2025
3
November 2025: Podcasts for People and Plants
Plus, my new essay on Bruno Munari, mapping architecture discourse, and a handful of new books that arrived in the studio.
Nov 3, 2025
3
October 2025: New Episodes and Reflections on the Chicago Architecture Biennial
Plus 10 years of Wilson's Republic, Mitch Goldstein's studio practice, and a peek inside Virgil Abloh's archive
Oct 6, 2025
September 2025: Karel Martens, Queer Typography, why AI isn’t design’s biggest problem
New episodes return this month!
Sep 1, 2025
2
August 2025: Cranbrook Month! Plus, New York's Earth Room and Design Collections
Last month, we shared two interviews with former Cranbrook designers-in-residences.
Aug 4, 2025
3
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