Clever with Amy Devers
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Clever with Amy Devers
Clever is an award-winning, independent podcast that offers a window into the humanity behind the design of the world around us.In each episode, designer Amy Devers has candid and revealing conversations with the visionaries, culture-makers, and creative forces who shape our world and inform our soc...
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Ep. 232: Studio O’s Liz Ogbu on Spatial Justice and the Role of Design in Healing Grief
Designer Liz Ogbu grew up in Oakland as the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, but it wasn’t until her first trip to Nigeria at 16 that she grasped the...
Clever Presents: Everything They Missed
If you caught last week’s interview with Stephanie Tinsley, you heard a compelling, second chapter creative journey in which she summons her inner str...
Ep. 231: True-Crime Podcaster Stephanie Tinsley on Everything They Missed
When her life collided with a high-profile murder trial, longtime true-crime devotee Stephanie Tinsley found an unexpected path into creative agency a...
Ep. 230: SVA’s Molly Heintz on Why Design Writing Matters
Molly Heintz grew up fascinated with Greek mythology, and eventually, fashion – drawn to enthralling storytelling and visual aesthetics. She carried t...
![Clever Confidential Ep. 4: Olivetti and the Race to Create the First Personal Computer [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1761593600530-60216b1b-271b-4c7e-a5d1-b4aa8d630e2b.jpeg)
Clever Confidential Ep. 4: Olivetti and the Race to Create the First Personal Computer [encore]
Clever Confidential is Clever’s offshoot series, where we dig into the darker side of design–the shadowy, sometimes sordid tales hiding under a glossy...
Ep. 229: Costume Designer Virginia B. Johnson Deploys Deep Craft and Rigorous Cultural Authenticity for Powerful Storytelling
Emmy-nominated costume designer Virginia B. Johnson grew up with a “dragon mother,” which shaped her structured habits and her ability to work smoothl...
Ep. 228: Lo-TEK’s Julia Watson on Applying Indigenous Knowledge to Climate-Adaptive Design
Julia Watson, a landscape architect, author, and educator, developed a passion for global cultures and knowledge as a child in Australia, inspired by...
![Ep. 74: Aaron Draplin [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1759166043852-5ccc2903-3b47-4046-ad79-9cdccc21ce35.jpeg)
Ep. 74: Aaron Draplin [encore]
Graphic designer Aaron Draplin was born in Michigan and raised on LEGO bricks, pizza nights, punk rock & snowboarding. He spent early adulthood rollin...
Ep. 227: Designer Cas Holman is Giving Us All Permission to Play
Cas Holman grew up playing make-believe in the woods and helping her mechanic step-dad fix cars and dune buggies. Always knowing that she didn’t check...
Ep. 226: Neuroaesthetics Pioneer Suchi Reddy on How Form Follows Feeling
Architect, artist, and designer, Suchi Reddy, grew up in India where her home played a critical role in her appreciation of how environments shape our...
Ep. 225: Norman Teague on Cultural Storytelling Through Design
Designer, craftsman, artist and educator, Norman Teague, grew up in Chicago absorbing the sounds, colors, textures and vibes of his “hood,” fancy cars...
![Ep. 158: Bringing Data to Life with Information Designer Giorgia Lupi [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1755618732952-df14ff96-de7e-4048-a6c4-9b35dd8e4416.jpeg)
Ep. 158: Bringing Data to Life with Information Designer Giorgia Lupi [encore]
Information designer and advocate for data humanism, Giorgia Lupi, spent her childhood in Italy organizing buttons in her grandmother’s tailor shop, a...
![Ep. 76: Todd Oldham [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1754955582632-20fc9169-eef6-4fa4-ac52-10778eec711a.jpeg)
Ep. 76: Todd Oldham [encore]
Everyone’s most beloved DIY hero, fashion designer, and creative maverick Todd Oldham grew up experimenting at the family craft table and stabbing his...
![Ep. 183: Determined by Design’s Kia Weatherspoon is a Champion of Design Equity [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1754405467014-f9d1247d-989d-40fa-a77b-1bf05ffb4f17.jpeg)
Ep. 183: Determined by Design’s Kia Weatherspoon is a Champion of Design Equity [encore]
Interior Designer Kia Weatherspoon spent her youth making frequent trips to visit her brother in prison - a deeply dehumanizing experience that left a...
![Ep. 207: Creative Pep Talk’s Andy J. Pizza on ADHD, the heroine’s journey, & Invisible Things [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1753736711504-a0fb5489-3409-40cb-8447-84acb71f9685.jpeg)
Ep. 207: Creative Pep Talk’s Andy J. Pizza on ADHD, the heroine’s journey, & Invisible Things [encore]
Illustrator, graphic designer, speaker and picture book-maker Andy J. Pizza grew up in the Indiana suburbs, the child of two diametrically opposite pa...
![Ep. 189: Clodagh on the Twist & Turns of Her Extraordinary Life & Career [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1753142713530-7c01a8aa-3091-4dd2-ae62-677aeaaffc7a.jpeg)
Ep. 189: Clodagh on the Twist & Turns of Her Extraordinary Life & Career [encore]
Interior designer, Clodagh, grew up in the Irish countryside running barefoot through the woods, riding horses, and rebelling. A near death experience...
![Ep. 140: Creative Reaction Lab CEO Antionette Carroll [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1752510195227-157c6282-5961-41ce-aebd-9bd2e94609c6.jpeg)
Ep. 140: Creative Reaction Lab CEO Antionette Carroll [encore]
Designer Antionette Carroll, born, raised, and based in St. Louis, Missouri, is a natural born leader who has been on a mission since day one. She’s t...
![Ep. 157: Designing for Dramatic Effect with Yasmine Ghoniem [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1751919148220-9d546235-ffc9-41a6-bd9c-99d343125fcf.jpeg)
Ep. 157: Designing for Dramatic Effect with Yasmine Ghoniem [encore]
Interior designer and self-described “cocktail,” Yasmine Ghoniem has lived a whirlwind life across continents, cultures, and careers. Born in Kuwait t...
![Ep. 188: Afrotectopia’s Ari Melenciano on Synthesizing, Art, Tech, Epigenetics, and more [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1751326525124-c2e42f89-e6c6-4cd6-bae1-3ce77cf05a69.jpeg)
Ep. 188: Afrotectopia’s Ari Melenciano on Synthesizing, Art, Tech, Epigenetics, and more [encore]
Artist and technologist, Ari Melenciano, spent her youth obsessed with music, art, and gadgets. A year in Barcelona, a city that valued art as she did...
![Ep. 191: Rodolfo Agrella Uses Laughter as a Powerful Design Tool [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1750725046016-7e258e3a-81fb-4ecf-89a6-15cdb79eb809.jpeg)
Ep. 191: Rodolfo Agrella Uses Laughter as a Powerful Design Tool [encore]
Multidisciplinary designer, Rodolfo Agrella, grew up in Venezuela with a happy place at a kid-sized table. A self-described weirdo and excellent dance...
![Ep. 211: The Soulful Renovations of House of Rolison [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1750171123305-9e99dc65-1b2a-43ea-8756-4ef4898f8829.jpeg)
Ep. 211: The Soulful Renovations of House of Rolison [encore]
Co-founders of House of Rolison, Amanda Leigh and Taylor Hahn, grew up on opposite coasts but were both self-described angsty teens. Both had a deep l...
![Ep. 160: Peeking into the Creative World of Pop-Polymath Willo Perron [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1749576720668-7b8095a8-d993-4871-8f13-a3d83c7e9ef3.jpeg)
Ep. 160: Peeking into the Creative World of Pop-Polymath Willo Perron [encore]
Live experience & interior designer Willo Perron grew up in Montreal surrounded by creativity. An industrious kid, he dropped out of high school at 14...
![Ep. 97: Cognitive Neuroscientist Dr. Sahar Yousef [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1748963137287-97dff031-08d2-4283-bf6f-37642bbf13c6.jpeg)
Ep. 97: Cognitive Neuroscientist Dr. Sahar Yousef [encore]
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. 218: The Exquisite Love, Magic and Maximalism of Londubh Studio [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1748299699273-b5abd588-a5ed-426f-b4ca-3f9808463ca0.jpeg)
Ep. 218: The Exquisite Love, Magic and Maximalism of Londubh Studio [encore]
Custom surface artists Lisa Donohoe and Brynn Gelbard met and fell in love in the queer underbelly scene of San Francisco in 2002, a time before bi-na...
Ep. 224: Charlotte McCurdy is Charting the Path to a Very Desirable Bio-Based Future
Charlotte McCurdy is a designer, researcher, and educator working at the intersection of climate change, futures, and materials. She shares how her wo...
Ep. 223: Dan Heath's "Unnatural" Curiosity Provides a Feast of Revelatory Insights
Dan Heath, author (or co-author) of bestselling books like Made to Stick and most recently, Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working, and host of the p...
![Ep. 122: Design Advocate Jessie McGuire [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1745286245621-bb4b51e9-5a37-4852-b9e0-20719a780d0a.jpeg)
Ep. 122: Design Advocate Jessie McGuire [encore]
Branding & design strategist Jessie McGuire was born in El Salvador and adopted by a “wholehearted feminist” single mother. She grew up exploring her...
![Ep. 215: Kinfolk’s Idris Brewster Uses AR to Empower Collective Memory Building [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1744679482710-9b495396-2e22-478f-9b32-2e2aa2fd1260.jpeg)
Ep. 215: Kinfolk’s Idris Brewster Uses AR to Empower Collective Memory Building [encore]
Artist, creative technologist, and educator, Idris Brewster grew up in Brooklyn, being filmed for a documentary about his education as a black student...
Ep. 222: Stop Disrupting, Start Caring with ustwo’s CEO Nicki Sprinz
CEO of digital experience studio, ustwo, Nicki Sprinz, was born in London and attended a convent primary school with strict rules that tended to squas...
Ep. 221: Blu Dot’s John Christakos on Combining Artistic Vision and Business Acumen
John Christakos, co-founder and CEO of Blu Dot, grew up taking road trips with his father to textile mills, skipping school in favor of real-world exp...
![Ep 45: Fashion Designer Mary Ping [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1741737069305-9e11fab3-f565-4332-9422-0cf71a4ff26f.jpeg)
Ep 45: Fashion Designer Mary Ping [encore]
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 labe...
Ep. 220: Designing Belonging: Alma Jimenez Lopez on Art, Heritage, and Home
Alma Jimenez Lopez is a creative force — a designer, artist, and curator who builds bridges between cultures and communities. In this episode, she sha...
Clever Confidential Ep. 6: The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of Florence Broadhurst
Clever Confidential is Clever’s offshoot series where we dig into the lesser told stories of the darker side of design; the shadowy, sometimes sordid,...
![Clever Confidential Ep. 2: The Supernatural Beginnings of The Bradbury Building [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1738632490868-1a49f29a-7703-4415-8825-ebea14da4070.jpeg)
Clever Confidential Ep. 2: The Supernatural Beginnings of The Bradbury Building [encore]
In the heart of downtown Los Angeles sits Hollywood’s undisputed architectural superstar — the Bradbury Building. The imposing structure’s character i...
![Clever Confidential Ep. 5: Eileen Gray and the Aura of E-1027 [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1738030067266-4340360f-5974-4634-94aa-d9533b872d6e.jpeg)
Clever Confidential Ep. 5: Eileen Gray and the Aura of E-1027 [encore]
Clever Confidential is Clever’s offshoot series, where we dig into the darker side of design - the shadowy, sometimes sordid tales hiding under a glos...
![Clever Confidential Ep. 4: Olivetti and the Race to Create the First Personal Computer [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1737415215277-46760e8e-bd73-4851-92bc-c68dd2e9f3c6.jpeg)
Clever Confidential Ep. 4: Olivetti and the Race to Create the First Personal Computer [encore]
Clever Confidential is Clever’s offshoot series, where we dig into the darker side of design - the shadowy, sometimes sordid tales hiding under a glos...
![Clever Confidential Ep. 3: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Murders at Taliesin [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1736731309816-28076d74-6c67-46cb-973d-1cf43f3c373b.jpeg)
Clever Confidential Ep. 3: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Murders at Taliesin [encore]
Clever Confidential is Clever’s offshoot series, where we dig into the darker side of design - the shadowy, sometimes sordid tales hiding under a glos...
![Clever Confidential Ep. 1: The Strange Disappearance of Norman Jaffe [encore]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1736212151694-57250073-94d6-4451-b44e-95c9ae4ad1f9.jpeg)
Clever Confidential Ep. 1: The Strange Disappearance of Norman Jaffe [encore]
On the morning of August 19th, 1993, mid-century architect, Norman Jaffe, parked his car in his client’s driveway, walked to Ocean Beach in Bridgehamp...
![Ep. 212: HODINKEE’s Ben Clymer on Agency, Permanence, and the Talismans of Life [rebroadcast]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b7709a16956261f5e950ae/1734394457067-d5df9858-d476-4096-8041-d636704b6f7c.jpeg)
Ep. 212: HODINKEE’s Ben Clymer on Agency, Permanence, and the Talismans of Life [rebroadcast]
Ben Clymer grew up in a New York suburb, raised by middle-class public school teachers and enamored by his grandfather’s swagger and style. An Omega S...
Clever Confidential Ep. 5: Eileen Gray and the Aura of E-1027
Clever Confidential is Clever’s offshoot series, where we dig into the darker side of design - the shadowy, sometimes sordid tales hiding under a glos...