
The Crit invites designers to review their own careers, picking out their highlights, lowlights and ambitions for the future.
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| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 46 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | DesignArts | |||

Freya Bolton, co-director of the materials-focused design studio and workshop Mitre and Mondays, joins the podcast to reflect on the value of hands-on fabrication for conceptual thinking; adapting to the constraints and lifespan of different projects... more
Deborah Cook, Head of Costume at celebrated animation studio Laika, joins the podcast to discuss how her background in sculpture informs her designs, the challenges of designing for non-human anatomies, and the importance of creating dark and eerie s... more
Stephen Burks and Malika Leiper, the partners behind nomadic studio Stephen Burks Man Made, join the podcast for a discussion about questioning what radical design means today and challenging the industry’s focus on the global North.
Stephen and Mal... more
Alexandra Gerber, a London-based industrial designer whose work explores cross-pollination between industries, joins the podcast for a discussion about design as a form of cultural expression, the gendering of objects, and the allure and complexities... more
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Love the range of interviewees and the whole format
I’m a fan of Disegno and from the first episode of The Crit it is clear it will be a great addition to podcasting. As a graduate student in art school now I appreciate the gesture!
Loved this - interesting yet informative digest of all things design.
Keep it up guys!
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Career-focused conversations with designers and creative practitioners about the decisions, experiments, setbacks and ambitions that shape their work. Host Oli Stratford speaks with guests across product, graphic, furniture, fashion, landscape and architectural design, as well as adjacent fields such as animation and speculative design. Guests reflect on pivotal projects, collaborators, materials, clients and the realities of building a creative practice, often discussing both successes and work that did not go as planned.
The format is an in-depth interview grounded in each guest's own career, with room for technical detail as well as personal reflection. Its breadth is a distinguishing feature: conversations connect design disciplines to... more
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Recent guests on The Crit include:
1. Deborah Cook
2. Stephen Burks
3. Malika Leiper
4. Alexandra Gerber
5. Adam Nathaniel Furman
6. Jon Ardern
7. Hugh Miller
8. Leyu Li
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