Clever with Amy Devers
Episodes
Ep. 121: People-Centered Designer Marquise Stillwell
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
People-centered designer Marquise Stillwell spent his youth in Ohio learning to be a good neighbor and going to art museums with his grandfather. Alwa...
Ep. 120: Interior Architect Jamie Bush
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Interior architect Jamie Bush grew up on a Long Island farm with machines, animals and free rein to explore. With farmers and eccentric creatives as h...
Ep. 119: Lettering Artist Lauren Hom
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lettering artist Lauren Hom was a super shy and studious child. Her crafty mother would make snacks with her initials cut out of cheese slices. In her...
Ep. 94: Gregg Buchbinder of Emeco [Rebroadcast]
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This rebroadcast is presented as part of WantedDesign Manhattan Online Conversation Series, presented by Clever and Design Milk. Visit wanteddesignnyc...
Ep. 118: Industrial Designer Tom Dixon
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial designer Tom Dixon discovered the transformative power of clay at a young age. Later, after dropping out of art college, he toured with his...
Ep. 117: Creative Director Giulio Cappellini
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary art director Giulio Cappellini first fell in love with cars, then studied architecture, and took the family furniture business into the stra...
Ep. 92: Designer Humberto Campana [Rebroadcast]
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This rebroadcast is presented as part of WantedDesign Manhattan Online Conversation Series, presented by Clever and Design Milk. Visit wanteddesignnyc...
Ep. 116: Human-Centered Designer Ayse Birsel
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial designer Ayse Birsel grew up thinking she’d become a lawyer until a revelation with a teacup enlightened her to the principles and practi...
Ep. 115: Interior Designer Elena Frampton
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Interior designer and art consultant Elena Frampton grew up in Southern California drawing floor plans and going to open houses. Sensitive and introve...
Ep. 114 Clever Extra - Wall Power: Uplift Our Spaces, Uplift Our Spirits
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special Clever extra we teamed up with Paintzen to talk wall power. Walls are the backdrops of all our spaces. They are in the prime position ...
Ep. 113: Graphic Designer Stefan Sagmeister
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister did not care for engineering in high school. He found designing a poster that would communicate a vibe and draw cro...
Ep. 112: Heath Creative Director Catherine Bailey
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial designer Catherine Bailey grew up playing with the old school computer punch cards that were the technological accoutrements of nearby Bell...
Ep. 111: Clever Extra - Creativity & Community in a Time of Crisis
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
These are strange and difficult times. People are feeling anxious, isolated, and frightened. *raises hand* We reached out to friends and familiar voic...
Ep. 110: Artist Misha Kahn
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and designer Misha Kahn grew up hustling his lakeshore Minnesotan neighbors with tin foil wrapped baked goods, sewing clothes and hanging with ...
Ep. 109: Furniture Designer Claudia Washington
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Furniture and interior designer Claudia Washington grew up in El Salvador during the civil war. It was not safe for her to play outside so she spent h...
Ep. 108: Artist Lisa Congdon
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artist, illustrator & author Lisa Congdon grew up being praised for hard work but not for creativity. She studied history in college, spent years ...
Ep. 107: Clever Extra - Creativity is Core
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This special Clever Extra, taped live at RISD as the keynote presentation of Design Week RI, four creative thought leaders come together for a discuss...
Ep. 106: Industrial Designer Konstantin Grcic
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic grew up in Germany, listening to punk rock and dreaming of building boats. In England, he trained in cabinet maki...
Ep. 105: Design Impresario Murray Moss
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Design impresario Murray Moss grew up in a house his father engineered with a drinking fountain in the dining room. At 5, he redecorated his farmhouse...
Ep. 104: Graphic Designer & Artist Paula Scher
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Graphic designer Paula Scher grew up drawing pictures to escape a turbulent home life. Later, rebelling against suburban existence, she ventured to ar...
Ep. 83: Experience Designer Kristy Tillman [Rebroadcast]
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Experience designer Kristy Tillman was a very studious child, extremely driven academically. Always on the advanced track, she assumed she would one d...
Ep. 78: Victor Lytvinenko of Raleigh Denim Workshop [Rebroadcast]
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeansmith and co-founder of Raleigh Denim Workshop, Victor Lytvinenko, was born with tons of energy and curiosity. As he grew it led to playing soccer...
Ep. 89: VP of Google Hardware Design Ivy Ross [Rebroadcast]
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Google’s Head of Hardware Design, Ivy Ross, learned from her industrial designer father how to see the world for how it’s made, and for the possib...
Ep. 84: Streetwear Designer Bobby Hundreds [Rebroadcast]
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Happy holidays + new year! We’re rebroadcasting a favorite episode from the archives. Enjoy!Streetwear designer Bobby Hundreds grew up as a minority...
Ep. 77: Jessica Hische [Rebroadcast]
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Happy holidays + new year! We’re rebroadcasting a favorite episode from the archives. Enjoy!Graphic designer, illustrator and lettering artist, Jess...
Ep. 103: Multidisciplinary Designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Furniture & interior designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance moved from Paris to the “super boring” French countryside in his youth where he spent a...
Ep. 102: Furniture Designer Jeff Martin
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Furniture designer Jeff Martin grew up in Vancouver, BC struggling with punctuation and hiding in a dilapidated abandoned boat. He spent his teenage y...
Ep. 101: Clever Extra - Design and Consciousness
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We teamed up with Tarkett for this Clever Extra to unpack the idea that we can consciously impact our wellbeing through design choices. We spoke with ...
Ep. 100: Designer & Queer Eye Star Bobby Berk
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Interior designer and star of Netfllix’s Queer Eye, Bobby Berk grew up in the rural south, feeling like an outsider. Before coming out as gay, he st...
Ep. 99: Architect and Educator Elena Manferdini
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Architect and educator Elena Manferdini grew up in Italy, drawing on any surface she was allowed to, and some she wasn’t. After obtaining a degree i...
Clever Presents: NeoConversations - Designing Branded Spaces
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this special Clever Presents, we’re sharing an episode of another podcast we produce for Neocon called NeoConversations. What does it take to ef...
Ep. 98: Fashion Designer Scott Sternberg
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fashion designer Scott Sternberg just wants to feel it. He grew up in Ohio, watching MTV and living an idyllic-ish childhood with requisite darkness. ...
Ep. 97: Cognitive Neuroscientist Dr. Sahar Yousef
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cognitive neuroscientist Sahar Yousef grew up in the Bay Area, the daughter of Iranian immigrants. She became fascinated by human consciousness at a y...
Ep. 96: Illustrator Abbey Lossing
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Illustrator Abbey Lossing grew up in the midwest with drawing as a favorite pastime and influence from a grandmother who was a portrait painter. By hi...
Ep. 95: Design Strategist Alain Sylvain
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Strategy and design consultant, Alain Sylvain, was born and raised in New York City, the son of Haitian immigrants. His early creativity included play...
Ep. 94: Gregg Buchbinder of Emeco
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gregg Buchbinder, Chairman of iconic furniture brand Emeco, grew up in southern California, on a “long leash” and with a constant longing to be su...
Ep. 93: Designer Ana Monroe
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Designer / public servant, Ana Monroe, grew up in the south to radio station-owning liberals who taught her to reject the status quo in favor of posit...
Ep. 92: Designer Humberto Campana
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Internationally acclaimed designer Humberto Campana grew up in small-town Brazil and found imaginative freedom in crafts and the local movie theater. ...
Ep. 91: Designer Amélie Lamont
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Digital designer and writer Amélie Lamont is a native New Yorker and daughter of Jamaican immigrants. A self-proclaimed nerd, she grew up reading Enc...
Ep. 90: Artist Daniel Arsham
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fine artist and designer, Daniel Arsham, grew up in Miami in the mirror image of the house across the street. After graduating from the Cooper Union, ...
Ep. 89: VP of Google Hardware Design Ivy Ross
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Google’s Head of Hardware Design, Ivy Ross, learned from her industrial designer father how to see the world for how it’s made, and for the possib...
Ep. 88: Industrial Designer Carl Gustav Magnusson
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial designer Carl Gustav Magnusson, was born in Sweden and grew up on a farm in Canada. Early life was informed by wide open spaces and a natur...
Ep. 87: Costume Concept Artist Gina DeDomenico Flanagan
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Costume concept artist Gina DeDomenico Flanagan spent the first half of her childhood roller skating around a cul-de-sac and the second half riding a ...
Ep. 86: Designer of Joy Ingrid Fetell Lee
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Designer, researcher and author Ingrid Fetell Lee spent her childhood traveling back and forth between divorced parents, indulging her curiosity durin...
Ep. 85: Clever Extra - Voices of Impact in the Design Ecosystem
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this special Clever Extra, taped live at a Be Original Americas event in Los Angeles, we conducted 6 lightning round interviews with leaders in dif...
Ep. 84: Streetwear Designer Bobby Hundreds
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Streetwear designer Bobby Hundreds grew up as a minority of a minority, being both Korean-American and into the socal skate punk scene. He loved to dr...
Ep. 83: Experience Designer Kristy Tillman
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Experience designer Kristy Tillman was a very studious child, extremely driven academically. Always on the advanced track, she assumed she would one d...
Ep. 82: David Schwarz of HUSH Studios
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Experience designer David Schwarz grew up “seeking weird things to explore, make and build.” Fast forward to adulthood and he’s still at it. As ...
Ep. 81: Zoë Pawlak
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and designer Zoë Pawlak knew in childhood that life in suburbia wasn’t the whole picture, so she saved her babysitting money to spend some t...
Ep. 80: Pablo Pardo
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lighting designer Pablo Pardo was born in Venezuela 3 minutes after his identical twin brother, making him the youngest of 5. His father’s work as a...
Ep. 79: Grace Bonney
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney grew up knowing she wasn’t straight but not knowing what to do with that. Her love of Riot Grrrl music and angry ...
Ep. 78: Victor Lytvinenko of Raleigh Denim Workshop
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeansmith and co-founder of Raleigh Denim Workshop, Victor Lytvinenko, was born with tons of energy and curiosity. As he grew it led to playing soccer...
Ep. 77: Jessica Hische
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Graphic designer, illustrator and lettering artist, Jessica Hische forged her fierce independence during a tough chapter in childhood. She knew from a...
Ep. 43: Marcel Wanders [Rebroadcast]
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! This episode originally aired on November 14, 2017.International design star, Marcel Wanders, grew up in the Netherlands taking things...
Ep. 13: Tanya Aguiñiga [Rebroadcast]
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Happy holidays! This episode aired originally on 9/20/16.Mexican and American artist/designer/maker/activist Tanya Aguiñiga shares with Jaime and Amy...
Ep. 7: Terry Crews [Rebroadcast]
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Happy holidays! We’re rebroadcasting a favorite episode from the archives. This episode aired originally on June 26, 2016. Enjoy!Actor, artist and r...
Ep. 76: Todd Oldham
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone’s most beloved DIY hero, fashion designer, and creative maverick Todd Oldham grew up experimenting at the family craft table and stabbing h...
Ep. 75: Lauren Makk
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Interior designer and TV personality Lauren Makk grew up in the south, fluffing other people’s pillows, painting murals on train cars under cover of...
Ep. 74: Aaron Draplin
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Graphic designer Aaron Draplin was born in Michigan and raised on LEGO bricks, pizza nights, punk rock & snowboarding. He spent early adulthood ro...
Ep. 73 Clever Extra: Flip the Switch on Your Home Lighting
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this Clever Extra, we talk to Phil Prestigomo, Director of Industrial Design for Legrand, for an illuminating discussion on the subject of lighting...
Ep. 72: Cory Grosser
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial designer Cory Grosser grew up quintessentially all-American, lettering in football and winning trophies for his Halloween costumes. He stud...
Ep. 71: Clever Extra - Originality in the Age of Social Media
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After our last episode with Madeline Weinrib we had a lot more to say. This mini-episode is an extension of our usual Amy & Jaime post-interview ...
Ep. 70: Madeline Weinrib
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Textile designer Madeline Weinrib wasn’t a very good student until an art teacher recognized and supported her talent. After a successful stint as a...
Ep. 69: Dan Brunn
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Architect Dan Brunn was born in Tel Aviv and moved to Los Angeles at age 7. The architectural contrast between the two cities made a deep impression a...
Ep. 68: Kate Duncan
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Woodworker and furniture designer Kate Duncan grew up feeling like a square peg in a family of pragmatic accountants. She indulged in sewing lessons a...
Ep. 67: Orlando Soria
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Interior designer & social media influencer Orlando Soria grew up in a tiny community in Yosemite National Park with a view of the falls from his ...
Ep. 66: Lawrence Azerrad
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Graphic designer Lawrence Azerrad, a native of Los Angeles, grew up drawing pictures and fighting the inferiority complex that comes with being a “n...
Ep. 65: Drew Seskunas
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Architect and founding partner of experimental design studio The Principals, Drew Seskunas grew up surfing, getting arrested for skateboarding and nav...
Ep. 64: Justina Blakeney
24 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Designer, artist, author & influencer Justina Blakeney spent her youth teaching art to abused/neglected teenage girls at a residential treatment p...
Ep. 63: Chris Schanck
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and designer, Chris Schanck, moved upwards of 22 times in his youth. He credits Uncle Rocco with firing up his creative engine at an early age,...
Ep. 62: Ingrid LaFleur
26 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ingrid LaFleur is an artist, curator, pleasure activist, cannabis advocate and founder of Afrotopia, a creative platform that looks for ways to implem...
Ep. 61: Clever Extra - The Art of Dorothea Rockburne (COSxDia)
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We teamed up with COS for this Clever Extra to celebrate the exquisite art of Dorothea Rockburne. Courtney J. Martin, Chief Curator of Dia Art Foundat...
Ep. 60: Maximilian Eicke
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Furniture designer Maximilian Eicke grew up being schlepped around the world to galleries and and antiques shops by his art dealer father. All that in...
Ep. 59: Barbara Bestor
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Architect Barbara Bestor’s childhood memories involve Brutalist architecture and purple carpeted stairs. She divided her youth between the East Coas...
Ep. 58: Ti Chang
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial designer Ti Chang is co-founder and creative director of Crave, a start-up dedicated to innovative and elevated sex toys. Originally from T...
Ep. 57: Clever Extra - Neoculture
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We teamed up with Tarkett for this Clever Extra to take a deep dive into Neoculture - a term coined to describe the way diverse cultures are coming to...
Ep. 56: Jerry Helling
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
President and Creative Director of Bernhardt Design, Jerry Helling, grew up on a ranch in a remote town with 11 people in his graduating class before ...
Ep. 55: Rose Apodaca
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Fashion journalist and design retailer Rose Apodaca wears many professional hats. She spent her youth immersed in the lively Los Angeles music and ska...
Ep. 54: Eric Quint
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Quint, Chief Design Officer of 3M, incubated a lifelong habit of design thinking in youth at the family kitchen table. After studying engineering...
Ep. 53: Nika Zupanc
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Product designer and installation artist, Nika Zupanc, has always had a strong emotional reaction to furniture, both positive and negative. Born and r...
Ep. 52: Oliver Heilmer
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Car designer Oliver Heilmer has known he wanted to go into auto design since he was a little kid fascinated by tractors on his grandmother’s farm. H...
Ep. 51: Meyghan Hill
20 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Metalworker and designer Meyghan Hill tells us how she opted to send herself to military boarding school and then stumbled into a modeling career befo...
Ep. 50: Todd Bracher
06 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Strategic designer Todd Bracher regales us with tales of a serendipitous ten-year journey, living, loving and learning through Europe, on the way to l...
Ep. 49: Lisa Roberts
23 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Collector and high-design advocate, Lisa Roberts, reflects on a childhood spent in an architecturally significant home that discomfited her because it...
Ep. 48: Timothy Goodman
09 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Designer, illustrator and artist Timothy Goodman was labeled a “dead-end kid” in his youth until he did four years of hard labor with a mentor/fat...
Ep. 47: Jen Bekman
26 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Entrepreneur and internet pioneer, Jen Bekman, tells the story of how she founded 20x200 with a mission of making art collecting accessible to everyon...
Ep. 46: Joe Gebbia
12 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Airbnb co-founder & CPO, Joe Gebbia, was known as the “art guy” in grade school when he started his first business selling illustrations of Ni...
Ep. 45: Mary Ping
28 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fashion designer Mary Ping was influenced at a young age by a stylish grandmother who taught her to sew. Always knowing she’d one day run her own la...
Ep. 44: Clever Extra - Designing Positive Spaces
21 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We teamed up with Interface for this Clever Extra to dissect and reflect on the current office renaissance. It’s moving away from one-size-fits all ...
Ep. 43: Marcel Wanders
14 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
International design star, Marcel Wanders, grew up in the Netherlands taking things apart and making gifts from the pieces. After a rebellious and exp...
Ep. 42: Paola Antonelli
31 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
MoMA’s senior curator of Architecture & Design, Paola Antonelli, grew up steeped in the design culture of Milan and developed a sense of fearles...
Ep. 41: Ini Archibong
17 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Product designer Ini Archibong grew up taking things apart with little success putting them back together, and cutting class to throw pottery. After a...
Ep. 40: Rosanne Somerson
03 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The President of Rhode Island School of Design, furniture designer/maker Rosanne Somerson was considered a rabble rouser in her youth for at...
Ep. 39: Nate Berkus
19 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Interior designer and TV personality Nate Berkus reveals his favorite early 80’s fashion ensemble, his childhood obsession with hair product and how...
Ep. 38: Tyler Hays
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Designer, maker and jack-of-all-trades Tyler Hays confides he was a weird kid with a sewing machine, a pansy garden and raccoon-skinning skills in the...
Ep. 37: Zandra Rhodes
22 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary British fashion designer Zandra Rhodes tells Jaime and Amy how her early early textile designs were considered too extreme for the tradition...
Ep. 36: Jan van der Lande
08 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Founder and CEO of design brand Kikkerland, Jan Van Der Lande, tells Jaime and Amy that when he started the business 25 years ago his houseboat was HQ...
Ep. 35: Daniel Germani
25 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Architect and designer Daniel Germani took a circuitous route to get to his full-time practice. Along the way he’s worked in tech, media and got an ...
Ep. 34: Tina Roth Eisenberg
11 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Graphic designer and entrepreneurial super-hero, Tina Roth Eisenberg aka swissmiss, has always been full of ideas. Luckily, she channels her powers fo...
Ep. 33: Josh Higgins
27 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Graphic designer and Senior Creative Director of Facebook’s Building 8 team, Josh Higgins, spent his SoCal youth surfing, enduring a painful homelif...