Clever with Amy Devers
Episodes
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...
Ep. 32: Craig Steely
13 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Architect Craig Steely grew up tinkering in a family whose motto was ‘custom anything’ so it’s not all that surprising that he’s scaled that i...
Ep. 31: Leslie Witt
30 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Architect, digital designer, and design thinker extraordinaire Leslie Witt moved around a lot as a youth, which made her very adaptable, but sometimes...
Ep. 30: Brad Ascalon
16 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Furniture and product designer Brad Ascalon calls himself a rational designer and even though he initially wanted to work in the music industry, a hea...
Ep. 29: Gary Hustwit
02 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker, photographer and perpetual entrepreneur Gary Hustwit connects the dots of his DIY-driven path through independent music, independent publis...
Ep. 28: Norm Abram
18 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This Old House Master Carpenter Norm Abram charms Jaime and Amy with stories of a youth spent building pinewood derby cars and learning the trade from...
Ep. 27: Debbie Millman
04 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brand strategist, OG podcaster and all-around badass, Debbie Millman, traces the genesis of her branding talent back to the Stayfree packaging at her ...
Ep. 26: Derek Chen
21 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Furniture designer, engineer and manufacturer Derek Chen identifies his childhood in the midwest as the origin of his love for American design, detail...
Ep. 25: Taniya Nayak
07 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Interior designer and TV personality Taniya Nayak confesses to Jaime and Amy that she probably did some damage to the ozone layer in her youth, but it...
Ep. 24: Mimi Plange
21 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fashion designer Mimi Plange talks to Amy and Jaime about being born in Ghana, growing up in California, and nurturing herself on a steady diet o...
Ep. 23: Daniel Libeskind
07 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
World-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind inspires Jaime and Amy with his eternally optimistic world-view and powerfully uplifting story of being born...
Ep. 22: Ghislaine Viñas
24 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Interior designer Ghislaine Viñas talks to Amy and Jaime about what it was like to grow up in apartheid South Africa, how she accidentally landed her...
Ep. 21: Sebastian Errazuriz
10 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Chilean-born artist / designer / activist Sebastian Errazuriz captivates Amy and Jaime with tales of his rigorous arts training, examples of his immac...
Ep. 20: Seth Grizzle of graypants
27 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Grizzle, of architecture and product design studio graypants, tells Amy and Jaime about being the creative kid in a family that didn’t quite “...
Ep. 19: David Trubridge
13 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
New Zealand-based designer/maker David Trubridge, who is known the world over for his beautiful and environmentally responsible lighting and furniture...
Ep. 18: Kelly Wearstler
29 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
LA-based interior designer Kelly Wearstler recounts to Amy and Jaime the journey from creating and selling crafts in her youth to building her namesak...
Ep. 17: Kevin Greenberg
15 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Brooklyn-based architect Kevin Greenberg of Space Exploration delights Jaime and Amy with tales of culture shock while working in Japan, notes that de...
Ep. 16: Harry Allen
01 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Product and interior designer Harry Allen shares with Amy and Jaime how his childhood in New Jersey was shaped by frequent field trips to NYC, how he ...
Ep. 15: Sandy Chilewich
18 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Textile product designer and entrepreneur Sandy Chilewich regales Amy and Jaime with tales of growing up in Rotterdam, being a child of the ‘60s and...
Ep. 14: Danny Seo
04 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Eco-friendly lifestyle expert Danny Seo talks to Jaime and Amy about how he found his true calling at 12 years old, how being famous in Korea at a you...
Ep. 13: Tanya Aguiñiga
20 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mexican and American artist/designer/maker/activist Tanya Aguiñiga shares with Jaime and Amy what it was like growing up in Tijuana and crossing the ...
Ep. 12: David Weeks
06 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lighting, furnishing, and toy designer David Weeks chats up Jaime and Amy about growing up in the South, making it in NYC, and being driven by curiosi...
Ep. 11: Lee Broom
23 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
UK-based product and interior designer Lee Broom entertains Jaime and Amy with stories of being a child actor in a Shakespeare company, winning a...
Ep. 10: Greg Benson of Loll Designs
09 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Designer and CEO of Loll Designs, Greg Benson, is living the good life in Duluth, MN. He shares with Jaime and Amy his trajectory from building skate ...
Ep. 9: Gemma O'Brien
26 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Australian designer, illustrator and typographer Gemma O’Brien reveals how her big break began with being slammed by a noteworthy font expert on the...
Ep. 8: Robert Brunner
12 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ammunition’s Robert Brunner breaks down the headphone renaissance created by Beats by Dr. Dre, tells the story of his accidental path to studying in...
Ep. 7: Terry Crews
28 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Actor, artist and renaissance man, Terry Crews recounts his adventures in furniture design, gets candid about his childhood ambition to escape th...
Ep. 6: Jonathan Adler
14 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Potter and home decor mogul, Jonathan Adler reveals to Jaime and Amy how he found refuge from a tortured adolescence in clay and the potter’s wheel,...
Ep. 5: Rebecca Finell
31 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jaime and Amy talk to design mogul Rebecca Finell of Finell about her unusual path from medicine to modern design, balancing business with b...
Ep. 4: Brendan Ravenhill
17 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
LA-based lighting and furniture designer Brendan Ravenhill opens up about growing up in West Africa, how the process of making helped him work through...
Ep. 3: Jaime Derringer & Amy Devers
10 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, internally nicknamed “The First Pancake,” Jaime and Amy interview each other. Find out how Jaime built the Design Milk ...
Ep. 2: Genevieve Gorder
03 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
TV personality and interior designer Genevieve Gorder gives Amy and Jaime the lowdown on the whirlwind that was Trading Spaces, which changed the traj...
Ep. 1: Joe Doucet
03 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
New York-based multi-disciplinary designer Joe Doucet tells Amy and Jaime why he doesn’t start any project with sketching, how a pair of avant-garde...
Clever Preview
21 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Design is universal. We all live and work in the built world, and every object, system and environment in the built world has been designed. Clever is...