what we're watching and listening to

We live in fantastic age.

Information is abundant and is often packaged in delicious ways.

Our favoured information snacks are podcasts and here's our sweetest sources...

99%invisible 
This is 'a tiny radio show about design, architecture & the 99% invisible activity that shapes our world.' Roman Mars, Sam Greenspan and their team of collaborators create aurally complex, informative and often humourous revelations on all aspects of our built environment. 
These podcasts are all beautifully produced and well worth a listen.
We like...

best beer 

design for airports

escalators

cul de sac

TED

technology   |   education   |   design

All things we're really into.

Here's some proponents who we quite like...

Paula Scher
Ken Jennings
Ken Robinson
Sean Achor
Shea Hembrey

Design Matters

Debbie Millman leads us via her extremely well researched and cut to the chase manner through a series of notable 'graphic designers, change agents, artists, writers and educators.'

Humorous and not afraid to ask the tricky questions, these are a delight and a must for anyone who cares.

Our choice selection...

Alexander Isley

Massimo Vignelli

Stephan Sagmeister

Maria Popova

James Victore

Tim Brown

Marian Deuchars

Find them in the iTunes store...

Monocle
A world watch news feed: covering magazine, radio and film genres. 
We like their short and informative films.  The narrators all have beautiful enunciation.

Here's an assortment of their recent offerings:
House Vision
Sharpen Up
The how to generation
The High Life


Needless to say these are all available through iTunes... go get them, you'll love your commute for it.  

folk...

The American Folk Art Museum is set to be demolished a mere 12 years after its completion.  

This is a crying shame.

The Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects designed building is a stunning example of a purposeful and beautifully crafted space that once housed an eclectic collection of Folk Art and is a lovely public building.

As an exposé of circulation - it is delicious.

There are critics who believe that the gallery spaces are poor for showing art.  Possibly a fair call if you are trying to house multiple Mark Rothko or Anselm Kiefer paintings.  However  the American Folk Art Museum's collection pieces were of a much smaller scale. The almost living room scaled spaces allowed a close, personal interaction with these pieces.  

We can only hope MoMA have very good intentions for the site and that the wonderful cast white bronze facade elements are reintegrated somewhere...