Design For The Real World

Design for the Real World: Album Covers

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Graphic designer Michael Bierut on the art of record album covers.

Design for the Real World: Walkman

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Design for the Real World: Swiss Army Knife

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Design for the Real World: American Dollar

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Design for the Real World: Album Covers

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

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Design for the Real World: Lipstick

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

For writer and designer Veronique Vienne, the sleek cylinder of color is as indispensable as a Swiss army knife.

Design for the Real World: Swastika

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Graphic designer Steven Heller looks at an ancient token of good fortune that was transformed into the emblem of Nazi Germany.

Design for the Real World: The Automatic Teller Machine

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Product designerDavid Kelley looks at the interface of one of modern society’s mostindispensable machines.

Design for the Real World: Bicycle Seat

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Designer Viktor Schreckengost created the banana seat for bicycles, as well as hundreds of other designs you see everyday. A retrospective of his work, Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-Century Design, is on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art through Sunday, February 4. (Originally aired: January 27, 2001)

Design for the Real World: Stop Sign

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Graphic Designer Steven Heller gives insight on the street sign no one can ignore. (Originally aired: February 3, 2001)

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