Read Between the Leading

On this episode we got a chance to talk to Scott Thomas, design director of the Obama campaign. We talked about his work on the campaign, his new book Designing Obama, and the Post Family. For more detailed shownotes visit http://rbtl.us/post/341667057

This episode takes a turn from our previous episode’s very specific topic. In episode 26, we discuss some lofty ideas concerning design sustainability in all matters (social, economic, environmental, etc.) as well as design altruism. We tackle three specific examples, including Cradle to Cradle, and two inventions that are helping developing nations and people. We go in-depth to discuss our consumption, poke fun at laptop stands, and try to begin to peel the bandaid to see how designers can help. We ask that you let us know too. At the end, we pose a few questions, and now more than ever, we’d love to hear from you. This is a big topic that, comparatively, the two of us know nothing about. The question, though, is pretty simple—how can we help? In addition, we’d love to have you, dear viewers, on the show. Send us an email. Let us know what times during the week you’re available. Maybe you’ll hear back and be invited on a future episode. Finally, we’d like to thank Jos for our acknowledgment in his recent Museo Slab spec book. You can check it out in the shownotes, and the face should be available soon. For more detailed shownotes visit http://rbtl.us/post/276326909

This week on the show we’re talking about web fonts again. A lot has happened since the last time we’ve talked about it. We’re joined by our friend and fellow designer Dan Auer. For more detailed notes visit http://rbtl.us/post/272239993

On this episode, we speak with Robyn Waxman. We discuss Robyn’s role in the design and education world, as well as the paradigm shift leading design to new realms of activism, protest, and plainly supporting a cause, whatever it may be. We touch on her role in The Designer’s Accord, as well as her thesis and FARM project. For more shownotes visit http://rbtl.us/post/210965141

This week on the show we talk all about type on the web. We discuss recent developments like Typekit, Font Bureau’s Permission table, and Spiekermann’s new typeface Axel. We also talk a bit about our own idea for a non-profit type foundry, a foundry based on donations that commissions type designers to design web fonts we can release for free on the web. We’d love to hear your feedback about our non-profit type foundry idea. We’d also love to hear any news (or any corrections) about some of this new technology we’re talking about. Feel free to leave us a comment here, email us at [email protected], or find us on twitter @rbtlshow. More detailed shownotes can be found at http://rbtl.us/post/119503764