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Every episode, host Jason Tselentis speaks with a phenomenal guest, usually a designer, about their favorite movie. It might be worth watching over and over, and over again. Maybe it left them with more questions than answers, or a lingering feeling. Learn about art direction and set design, cinematography and performance, casting and screenwriting, acting and costume design, makeup and music, as well as advertising, marketing, media, technology, unforgettable quotes, and so much more. Whether or not you are a designer, you will enjoy every revealing conversation that explores creativity and strategy, perseverance and leadership, craft and style.
Épisodes 124
Special Features with Jonathan Keogh
Editor and producer Jonathan Keogh has the mic and delivers an exceptional monologue, sharing movie lore and history, and plenty of suggestions about where to find some of the best special features and extras …
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Editor and producer Jonathan Keogh has the mic and delivers an exceptional monologue, sharing movie lore and history, and plenty of suggestions about where to find some of the best special features and extras on DVDs. Keogh covers menus, makings of, deleted scenes, short films, and interactive films, as well as what we'll call ridiculous commentaries and zany special features. After enjoying Keogh's episode, be sure to find the full list of movies in this episode's notes where you can also find links to Keogh and his work.
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Jonathan Keogh, editor
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1948950/
https://www.instagram.com/jonkeogh/
https://vimeo.com/user34013097
https://vimeo.com/1099064730
https://www.youtube.com/@kidziakandkeogh
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List of Films Discussed
https://www.designersonfilm.com/superlist/
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Contact Us
https://www.designersonfilm.com/hollaback
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Hotline, Text or Voicemail
+1 704-681-6880
The Thing (1982) with Joshua Graves
In John Carpenter's The Thing, one victim after another is overtaken, consumed, appropriated, and impersonated by an alien, a shape-shifting thing that shows no mercy. Starring Kurt Russell, Keith David …
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In John Carpenter's The Thing, one victim after another is overtaken, consumed, appropriated, and impersonated by an alien, a shape-shifting thing that shows no mercy. Starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, and T.K. Carter, the movie has been praised for its special effects. Designer, creator, and writer Joshua Graves talks about what makes 1982's The Thing so memorable. We also discuss trigger warnings, dogs in movies, and The Thing's ending. Are Mac and Childs both creatures? See this episode's notes with links to an award-winning short story about the thing, as well as a revolving door audio commentary on Vimeo, edited by Jonathan Keogh and featuring analysis and background by The Third Channel Podcast, Brainbuster Video, Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger, Sam Reid, Luke Pajowski, Annalisa D.H., Jonathan Keogh, and Azzura Nox, it also includes excerpts from "Who Goes There" by John Campbell Jr. narrated by Peter Coates. Plus, Keogh's special cut has archival interviews with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Keith David, Larry Franco, special effects wizard Rob Bottin, and also Quentin Tarantino.
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Joshua Graves is a human-centered designer, leader, and builder who's spent the last 20 years creating award-winning products, systems, and teams from the ground up. He got his start making websites for bands and has since designed award-winning mobile apps and software. Joshua is the author of We Need to Talk: A Survival Guide for Tough Conversations (Rosenfeld, 2025), and wrote it because too few people, teams, and companies embrace the key to unlocking successful outcomes: having hard conversations. The book is grounded in psychology and non-violent communication and teaches people at every level how to successfully navigate those uncomfortable moments. Joshua is a curious person and has built his own software and typefaces, and he is working on an anthology of horror stories. All the work and projects he has completed throughout the years have kept him invested in the art of creating, and it's how he stays sharp.
https://joshuagraves.me/professional/about/
https://joshuagraves.me/professional/we-need-to-talk
https://joshuagraves.me/making/projects/mytunes
https://joshuagraves.me/making/projects/cosmata
https://joshuagraves.me/making/projects
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John Carpenter's The Thing (1982)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/
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Short story from the perspective of the creature
https://gizmodo.com/an-incredible-short-story-told-from-the-perspective-of-5849758
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The Thing Revolving Door Audio Commentary
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Rob Bottin's Special Effects Work on The Thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jOpG--0EbE
Rob Bottin: His Career and Disappearance
https://youtu.be/JeIDGJkScSQ?si=W9-eSKRUPcdINUEp
Rob Bottin TV interview (1982)
https://youtu.be/enEsSr4hGpw?si=GbX8FVsTtjpVtF1L
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Other movies discussed:
Alien (1979)
The Blob (1958, 1988)
The Devils (1971)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Scream (1996) with Matthew Manos
What's your favorite scary movie? For Matthew Manos, there's only one answer to that question: 1996's Scream. Written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven, it takes place in the fictional town of …
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What's your favorite scary movie? For Matthew Manos, there's only one answer to that question: 1996's Scream. Written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven, it takes place in the fictional town of Woodsboro, California and was filmed in real-life towns throughout Northern California's Sonoma County. A series of brutal knifings by a masked, ghost-faced assailant turn the town upside down. Sidney, played by Neve Campbell, becomes the center of attention and everybody becomes a suspect but the only way to survive is by following the horror movie rules, explained by Jamie Kennedy's character Randy. In the end, almost everyone gets killed. Released in December 1996 and turning 30 this year, Scream is not your typical winter holiday movie fare but it is the perfect scary movie for October, and a film that Matthew enjoys.
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In 2008, Matthew Manos founded verynice, a design social enterprise with a unique "give-half" pro-bono model that offset over $60,000,000 in professional service fees for 1,500+ organizations across the globe. He was once called "crazy or genius" by Forbes magazine and is a visionary entrepreneur, educator, and strategist in ideation, foresight, and planning. Matthew has worked with the American Heart Association, Apple, the City of Los Angeles, Disney Imagineering, Google, Mattel, and UNICEF. His latest endeavor, Fuzzy Dice, is a collection of frameworks, methodologies, and resources dedicated to leveling up human capacity for ideation. As Associate Professor and Associate Dean at the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre "Dr. Dre" Young Academy, he co-leads curriculum design and teaches design-driven innovation, having helped codify the school's model. Matthew helped launch the Iovine and Young Center, a U.S.-wide high school model, and advises the Iovine and Young Education Group on K-12 curriculum, instructional design, and teacher training. With Apple Education, he led creativity and futures-thinking training for educators from 690 schools across 36 countries. His prior teaching in design and entrepreneurship spans ArtCenter, CCA's Design Strategy MBA, CalArts, the Strelka Institute, and UCLA, and he has presented at over 350 events in 20 countries including two TEDx talks, with partners like AIGA, the NEA, Singularity University, and SXSW EDU. His work appears in Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Forbes, GOOD, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. He authored two books and over 35 design and strategy toolkits, including Models of Impact and the Give All series. His latest endeavor, Fuzzy Dice, is a collection of frameworks, methodologies, and resources dedicated to leveling up human capacity for ideation.
https://matthewmanos.gumroad.com/
https://www.instagram.com/veryniceinstagram/
https://iovine-young.usc.edu/people/matthew-manos
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Scream (1996)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/
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Other movies and shows discussed:
Halloween (1978)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Knives Out (2019)
Minions & Monsters (2026)
Scary Movie (2000, 2026)
Scream 2 (1997)
Scream 7 (2026)
Stranger Things (2016-2025)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Wall-E (2008)
The Substance (2024) with Miriam Schulman
Whether you call The Substance (2024) high-art horror, or a seemingly-real story of self-harm that turns into a horror show, one thing is certain: the tragedy that unfolds will leave a mark on you. Demi Moore …
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Whether you call The Substance (2024) high-art horror, or a seemingly-real story of self-harm that turns into a horror show, one thing is certain: the tragedy that unfolds will leave a mark on you. Demi Moore stars as Elisabeth, an actor, fitness icon, and influencer who faces an abrupt end to her career, until she becomes Sue, played by Margaret Qualley. Has Elisabeth been liberated by this newer, younger version of herself? Because there are rules to living this double life, she soon learns about its limitations, and when rules are broken, a zany nightmare ensues. Guest Miriam Schulman talks about the movie's depiction of violence against oneself, women under a microscope, treatment of older women, and the Oscar that never went to Demi Moore.
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Miriam Schulman is author of best-selling art business book, Artpreneur and host of The Inspiration Place podcast. She has provided structured guidance to artists who feel stuck, helping them push beyond a trickle of sales and the limitations of “being practical.” Miriam's own road to entrepreneurship wasn't always smooth or easy, but after over twenty years of making a sustainable living as a watercolor portrait artist, The Inspiration Place podcast was born, featuring world-class experts who discuss mindset, marketing, pricing, and more. Her Artist Incubator Coaching Program helps give artists the time and freedom to create art and do what they love. Miriam's art and story have been featured in major publications including The New York Times, Where Women Create, Creative Women, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Art of Man, and Art Journaling magazine by Stampington, as well as seen on NBC's Parenthood and the Amazon series Hunters with Al Pacino. Her art has been sold around the world and included in New York museum gift shops. When she's not painting, writing, coaching other artists, or planning art world domination, you can find her in a museum or spending time with her husband, two adult kids, and a tuxedo cat named Luna.
https://www.theinspirationplace.net/
http://www.schulmanart.com/book/
https://www.schulmanart.com/podcast/
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The Substance (2024)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/
https://www.vogue.com/article/coralie-fargeat-the-substance-interview
https://www.polygon.com/movies/455942/substance-director-interview-branding-design/
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Other movies discussed:
Anora (2024)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
The Last Showgirl (2024)
Moonstruck (1987)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Night Shift (1982)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Frankenstein (2025) with Jessica Barness
In Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein, Oscar Isaac stars as Dr. Frankenstein who toils away in his lab to create life from inanimate objects, resulting in his …
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In Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein, Oscar Isaac stars as Dr. Frankenstein who toils away in his lab to create life from inanimate objects, resulting in his creation, his creature portrayed by Jacob Elordi who becomes a victim hell-bent on revenge. Jessica Barness may not have worked on the movie, but she's a big fan and joins the show to talk about characters and production design, as well as magic, fantasy, mythology, and genre. Is Frankenstein a horror movie, tragedy, science fiction? Perhaps it's a genre mashup? And what about a sequel to this? What could happen, or would not happen, if there's a continuation of del Toro's movie?
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Professor Jessica Barness studies how designers talk about the work they do, and makes work that reflects on it. She's written about design discourse, collage, flexi-disc vinyl records, and reader perceptions, while also making digital machines and offbeat low-res videos. She writes loudly, if less officially, at The Quiet Design Scholar. She is a Professor of Visual Communication Design at Kent State University, where she coordinates graduate studies and teaches design research and professional practices.
https://www.jessicabarness.com/
https://jessicabarness.substack.com/
https://www.whatscholarshiplookslike.net/
https://www.kent.edu/vcd/profile/jessica-barness
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Frankenstein (2025)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312221/
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/frankenstein-ending-explained
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Mary Wollstonecraft: Britain's first feminist, via BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articles/zkpk382
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Other movies discussed:
The Bride! (2026)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Monty Python's Meaning of Life (1983)
Nosferatu (2024)
The Odyssey (2026)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Prometheus (2012)
The Shape of Water (2017)
Until the End of the World (1991)
Strangeland (1998) with Debbie De Villa [bonus]
In this bonus episode, production designer Debbie De Villa talks about her work on Strangeland (1998) and where it sits in relation to SE7EN (1995) and Saw (2004). Strangeland stars Dee Snider (of Twisted …
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In this bonus episode, production designer Debbie De Villa talks about her work on Strangeland (1998) and where it sits in relation to SE7EN (1995) and Saw (2004). Strangeland stars Dee Snider (of Twisted Sister), Elizabeth Peña, Robert Englund, and Linda Cardellini (from Scooby-Doo, Freaks and Geeks, as well as DTF St. Louis and the new series Crystal Lake based on Friday the 13th). In Strangeland, a stalker uses the internet to ensnare teenagers, who are kidnapped and put through painful rituals that bring the stalker pleasure. Actor Kevin Gage (who played Waingro in Heat) is the detective who will not stop until the stalker is apprehended. Debbie also talks about the notion of conformity in filmmaking, and movies that visually come from an emotional place.
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As a teenager, when production designer Debbie De Villa saw an exhibition with work by set designers and production designers that was full of sketches, models, and works in progress, she knew she wanted to work in film. Studying set design for theatre gave her the hands-on experience she needed to embark on a career in movies.
https://www.debbiedevilla.com/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212139/
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Strangeland (1998)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124102/
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Other movies and shows discussed:
Crystal Lake (2026-)
Escape from New York (1981)
Friday the 13th (1980, 2009)
Heat (1995)
The Last Laugh (1924)
Love the Hard Way (2001)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, 2010)
Nostalgia (1983)
Saw (2004)
SE7EN (1995)
Ulee's Gold (1997)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Caddo Lake (2024) with Debbie De Villa
Debbie De Villa has decades of experience as a production designer on dozens of films, including but not limited to Caddo Lake (2024) and Trap (2024). Caddo Lake tells a twisty story with a sprawling narrative …
Notes de l’épisode
Debbie De Villa has decades of experience as a production designer on dozens of films, including but not limited to Caddo Lake (2024) and Trap (2024). Caddo Lake tells a twisty story with a sprawling narrative that intertwines family members in ways they never imagined. In M. Night Shyamalan's Trap, a father and daughter attend a pop concert but as the evening goes on, the anxiety builds and things quickly unravel for everyone including the pop star. Debbie joins the show to talk about bringing words in the script to life, why being resourceful matters in filmmaking, and taking the audience for a ride.
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As a teenager, when Debbie De Villa saw an exhibition with work by set designers and production designers that was full of sketches, models, and works in progress, she knew she wanted to work in film. Studying set design for theatre gave her the hands-on experience she needed to embark on a career in movies.
https://www.debbiedevilla.com/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212139/
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Caddo Lake (2024)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15552142/
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Other movies discussed:
Backfire! (1995)
The Burbs (1989)
Lake Placid (1999)
Love the Hard Way (2001)
Strangeland (1998)
Trap (2024)
Ulee's Gold (1997)
Coming in October (2026)
Sharing October updates, so you can learn about each guest and their movie, and watch or re-watch their movie of choice before you hear upcoming episodes. NOTE: there may be a Spooky Movie Theme here, we are …
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Sharing October updates, so you can learn about each guest and their movie, and watch or re-watch their movie of choice before you hear upcoming episodes. NOTE: there may be a Spooky Movie Theme here, we are near Halloween after all.
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SCREAM (1996) with Matt Manos, who may not have worked on the movie but knows it backwards & forwards and has a lot to say about how masks are not only very necessary for each SCREAM killer but we discuss how masks also play a role in what designers do.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571
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THE SUBSTANCE (2024) with Miriam Schulman who loves the movie and the dark take on what it means to be an artist. Miriam is author of "Artpreneur: The Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Sustainable Living From Your Creativity" and Host of The Inspiration Place.
https://www.theinspirationplace.net/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/
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CADDO LAKE (2024) with production designer Debbie De Villa who talks about what makes working in film fun, and we also discuss her earlier work on movies like STRANGELAND (1998), plus we touch on the M. Night Shyamalan movie TRAP (2024) and her contributions that shaped TRAP's look & feel.
https://www.debbiedevilla.com/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15552142
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124102/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26753003/
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FRANKENSTEIN (2025) with professor, designer, and horror fan Jessica Barness who returns to the show having already dissected (sorry for the slashing suggestion, I mean she analyzed) NOSFERATU (2024) on a prior season of the show.
Starstruck (2026) with Dr. George Ellis
Dr. George Ellis, who in addition to being a urologist is a producer making movies, has won plenty of awards in the film festival circuit. For his second time visiting the show, Dr. George talks about …
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Dr. George Ellis, who in addition to being a urologist is a producer making movies, has won plenty of awards in the film festival circuit. For his second time visiting the show, Dr. George talks about filmmaking as equal parts design thinking and social experimentation, and why as a producer it's important to have a methodical approach. Plus, learn about his film Starstruck, and what movies have impacted him, such as A Clockwork Orange with its modern take on violence fused with classical music.
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Dr. George Ellis, MD is an award-winning filmmaker who has won multiple awards through his production company Coronado Beach Productions at several film festivals. Most recently, his film Starstruck was selected to be shown at the Central Florida Film Festival. He also won awards at the Tampa Bay Underground film festival and won the award for best Indie Short Film at the New York Movie Awards for his film The Eden Trials. George is an American Physician and Urologic Surgeon, and has been published numerous times in the scientific literature and now dedicates his medical skills to the under-insured as a volunteer.
https://www.CoronadoBeachProductions.com
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15501484/
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Starstruck (2026)
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Mortal Sin (2025)
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EeFd3cDDA/
https://youtu.be/FH36AiDPNnE?si=WcfuL48wb-plUw7s
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Dr. George's first guest spot (2025) from Season 2
https://www.designersonfilm.com/podcast/mortal-sin-2025-dr-george-ellis
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Other movies and shows discussed:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Coma (1978)
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
M*A*S*H (1970)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Verdict (1982)
RE-RELEASE: The Fly (1986) with Daisy Koenig
David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986) stars Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle, a brilliant scientist who creates a teleportation process. Geena Davis, who was Goldblum's real-life partner during the filming, plays the …
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David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986) stars Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle, a brilliant scientist who creates a teleportation process. Geena Davis, who was Goldblum's real-life partner during the filming, plays the ambitious journalist Veronica who falls in love with Brundle. Cronenberg's remake of the 1958 movie (which was based on a 1957 short story) packs a lot in, getting right to the mad scientist's lab then plenty of body horror. Brundle, who teleports himself during a drunken pity party, did so with a fly on board. Since the computer doesn't know what to do with these two separate entities, it fuses them, resulting in Brundlefly, and utter tragedy. Daisy Koenig, a graduate of Winthrop University's design program, talks about what makes Cronenberg's The Fly so memorable and why unhappy endings are the best kind. When she's not rewatching The Fly or any of Cronenberg's other movies, Daisy works as a graphic designer for The Ben Silver Corporation in Charleston. Having debuted in 1986, The Fly turned 40 this year and it's the perfect way to kick off scary movie season. This episode originally appeared on an earlier season of the podcast.
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Daisy Koenig, a graduate of Winthrop University's design program, is a designer for The Ben Silver Corporation in Charleston, SC. She's also an accomplished muralist and illustrator for a variety of clients.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/daisykoe/
https://www.instagram.com/daisykoenigart/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ben-silver-corporation/
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The Fly (1986)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000343/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051622/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486228/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Langelaan
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Other movies and shows discussed:
Alien (1979)
Beetlejuice (1988)
The Brood (1979)
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Cosmopolis (2012)
Dead Ringers (1988)
eXistenZ (1999)
Frankenstein (2025)
The Fly (1958)
The Fury (1978)
Hereditary (2018)
Hostel (2005)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Saw (2004)
Scanners (1981)
Spider (2002)
Videodrome (1983)
Wicked (2024)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) with Dan Stroupe
Raiders of the Lost Ark captivated audiences on the big screen 45 years ago, today the movie feels just as fresh, exciting, and mesmerizing. Teacher, treasure hunter, preserver of rare antiquities Indiana Jones …
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Raiders of the Lost Ark captivated audiences on the big screen 45 years ago, today the movie feels just as fresh, exciting, and mesmerizing. Teacher, treasure hunter, preserver of rare antiquities Indiana Jones goes on a quest for the Ark of the Covenant, battling Nazis and his nemesis Belloq. But Indy can't do it alone, and has support from Karen Allen as Marion and John Ryhs-Davies as Sallah and George Harris as Katanga. For fashion designer Dan Stroupe, the movie has special meaning. Indy Influences are present in his brand and collections, notably the elements of travel since every collection of Dan's is based on a place he has been. With each collection he designs, and each garment and accessory created, Dan strives to inspire wonder and adventure through fashion.
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Dan Stroupe is the founder of Oak & Audubon, an accessories and made-to-order clothing brand and labor of love. As its chief designer, he brings decades of experience in luxury retail, custom clothing, and creative direction to his fashion label. Born in Charlotte, NC on Old Oak Lane, Stroupe has lived in New York City on Audubon Avenue for over a decade. While the brand's namesake is based on places he has called home, Oak & Audubon evokes the pleasures and joys of travel, something Stroupe has been fortunate to experience all his life, having travelled all over the world. Stroupe has a degree in Illustration, has worked for many years as a graphic designer and art director, all while working in the luxury clothing industry. He cut his teeth at Bloomingdales on 59th Street, eventually moving to world renowned shirtmakers Turnbull & Asser where he spent over a decade serving business tycoons, actors, politicians, and royalty. While at Turnbull & Asser he managed their bespoke services in the New York Townhouse and the By Appointment trunk shows for North America, as well as internationally. Currently, along with Oak & Audubon, Stroupe is now back in ready to wear full time, managing the Men's Loro Piana business at Bergdorf Goodman. And he's designing a new menswear collection for a new completely American Made label debuting next spring.
https://instagram.com/oakandaudubon
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
https://imdb.com/title/tt0082971/
https://esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a25848350/indiana-jones-style-fashion-outfits/
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Other movies discussed:
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
RE-RELEASE: One Crazy Summer (1986) with Mike Wirth [more thoughts]
You want more? YOU GOT IT! Plenty of tangents, arts and crafts talk, and more swear words than usual make this bonus episode go to eleven (apologies to Nigel Tufnel). In addition to more One Crazy Summer …
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You want more? YOU GOT IT! Plenty of tangents, arts and crafts talk, and more swear words than usual make this bonus episode go to eleven (apologies to Nigel Tufnel). In addition to more One Crazy Summer thoughts, hear Jason's pugs barking, learn about synthesizers & MIDI & PageMaker, how to organize your movies, packing and moving, murals, paint and emotion, beer can designs, sketchbooks versus laptops, NYC's Strand Book Store, and Bill Murray's brother Joel. This re-released episode originally appeared on Season 1 of the show.
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A Southern, Jewish-American originally from New York, Mike Wirth is artist-in-residence with the Stan Greenspon Center for Holocaust and Social Justice Education, and full Professor of Graphic Design at Queens University of Charlotte. As an educator and community builder, Wirth's work focuses on social justice and identity, fusing complex and personal issues and influences into his art. He's led projects with Jewish federations across the US, has had How Our Laws are Made featured on The Daily Show blog, is the author of Hiddur Olam, a Torah art book, and is the host of The Jewish futurism Lab podcast where Jewish tradition meets design, technology, and speculative imagination, with each episode blending story, studio practice, and future-thinking.
mikewirthart.com/podcasts/the-jewish-futurism-lab/
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One Crazy Summer (1986)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091680/
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LETTERBOXD Season 3
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contact us
RE-RELEASE: One Crazy Summer (1986) with Mike Wirth
Although our guest Mike Wirth didn't work on 1986's One Crazy Summer, he loves the movie for all the right reasons. Guilty pleasure? Not quite, according to Wirth who wonders, "Why couldn't John Cusack's Hoops …
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Although our guest Mike Wirth didn't work on 1986's One Crazy Summer, he loves the movie for all the right reasons. Guilty pleasure? Not quite, according to Wirth who wonders, "Why couldn't John Cusack's Hoops McCann have been Hoops Leibowitz?" In addition to One Crazy Summer, we discuss whammy animations, world-in-world experiences, Better Off Dead, Grosse Pointe Blank, Singles, Chainsaw Date and Hemorrhoids from Hell, Bobcat Goldthwait, comic book icons Archie and Betty and Veronica, and The Goonies, plus silly sequel and prequel ideas for One Crazy Summer. This re-released episode originally appeared on Season 1 of the show.
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As an educator and community builder, Wirth's work focuses on social justice and identity, fusing complex and personal issues and influences into his art. He's led projects with Jewish federations across the US, has had How Our Laws are Made featured on The Daily Show blog, is the author of Hiddur Olam, a Torah art book, and is the host of The Jewish futurism Lab podcast where Jewish tradition meets design, technology, and speculative imagination, with each episode blending story, studio practice, and future-thinking. Wirth is artist-in-residence with the Stan Greenspon Center for Holocaust and Social Justice Education, and full Professor of Graphic Design at Queens University of Charlotte.
mikewirthart.com/podcasts/the-jewish-futurism-lab/
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One Crazy Summer (1986)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091680/
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Other movies and shows discussed:
Better Off Dead (1985)
The Goonies (1985)
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Singles (1992)
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about the podcast
https://www.designersonfilm.com/frequently-asked-questions
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LETTERBOXD Season 3
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LETTERBOXD Season 2
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LETTERBOXD Season 1
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contact us
RE-RELEASE: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) with Noah Smith
Noah Smith is a multidisciplinary visual storyteller specializing in UX design. With a background in film, Noah's also a big, big fan of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the 1986 comedy that's also full of action …
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Noah Smith is a multidisciplinary visual storyteller specializing in UX design. With a background in film, Noah's also a big, big fan of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the 1986 comedy that's also full of action, drama, and sprawling musical numbers. Ferris, an extremely popular teenager, skips school and with his best friend Cameron and his girlfriend Sloane, they embark on a series of adventures. What about the possibility of Ferris being a figment of Cameron's imagination, the so-called Fight Club theory? And how does Ferris connect to Spider-Man? Plus, the movie's small but memorable baseball moments make it perfect for the month of March and Major League Baseball's season openers.
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Noah Smith's true love for all things 80s includes some pretty rad engagement photos that made their way into People and Huffpost. An accomplished woodworker, he's designed tables, bowls, cutting boards, spoons, and everything in-between, a hobby he began in 2020. For a few years in college he produced music (under the name, Hard Mix) and eventually signed to a record label.
https://www.noahdanielsmith.com/
https://www.instagram.com/noahdanielsmith/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/omg-these-80s-themed-engagement-pics_n_5978cffce4b0e201d57a8f96
https://people.com/human-interest/couple-80s-throwback-engagement-pics/
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091042/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098795/
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/06/why-ferris-bueller-never-existed/327276/
https://www.slashfilm.com/503532/the-ferris-bueller-fight-club-theory/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiMuj85ngEo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Rose_House
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Pop culture discussed
https://typographica.org/on-typography/corbis-buys-veer-whither-the-fonts/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_(band)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcazL5yNukw
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Other movies and shows discussed:
Alfie (1966)
Deadpool (2016)
Fight Club (1999)
Hello Dolly! (1969)
The Matrix (1999)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Point Break (1991)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Toy Story 5 (2026)
WALL-E (2008)
WarGames (1983)
Weird Science (1985)
What’s in store for our 3rd Season!
Season 3 will have more great guests and more great discussions about movies, including Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, and Capra's It's a Wonderful Life …
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Season 3 will have more great guests and more great discussions about movies, including Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, and Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, among others.
See this episode's notes for links to our LETTERBOXD with each season's films collected season by season. Plus, you can contact us to recommend a movie, suggest a guest, or nominate yourself as a guest.
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That’s a Wrap: Season 2
We've done it again, made it through another season of DESIGNERS ON FILM. Having just finished Season 2, here are highlights and episodes of note.-Sam Beddoes, who developed a video game based on The Rocky …
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We've done it again, made it through another season of DESIGNERS ON FILM. Having just finished Season 2, here are highlights and episodes of note.
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Sam Beddoes, who developed a video game based on The Rocky Horror Show, talked about the movie, aka The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
https://www.designersonfilm.com/podcast/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-1975-w-sam
Leading up to Halloween in 2025, we continued our Spooky Cinema theme with plenty of new additions, Season 1 and 2 are collected at…
https://www.designersonfilm.com/scares/
Erik Wiese discussed the work that went into Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical, and how design played a role in this fun, heartwarming movie that honors Charles Schulz and Schulz's development as an artist.
https://www.designersonfilm.com/podcast/snoopy-presents-a-summer-musical-2025-with-erik-wiese
Guests Scott Amyx and Cameron Tau analyzed David Fincher's The Social Network and critiqued the ways Facebook has caused disruptions impacting people at a very human level. But, the Uplifty app Scott and his team developed aims to do something very different, helping people build relationships.
https://www.designersonfilm.com/podcast/the-social-network-2010-with-scott-amyx-and-cameron-tau
University of Washington's Professor Karen Cheng recalled seeing Working Girl for the first time, and explained what makes it such a fun, rewatchable movie.
https://www.designersonfilm.com/podcast/working-girl-1988-with-karen-cheng
Christie Wu, who introduced me to the movie Clockwatchers, analyzed its well-composed cinematography.
https://www.designersonfilm.com/podcast/clockwatchers-1997-with-christie-wu
Designer and filmmaker Sofia Cababa Wood, who has always loved Marie Antoinette, shared her own personal connections to Sofia Coppola's movie.
https://www.designersonfilm.com/podcast/marie-antoinette-2006-with-sofia-cababa-wood
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Marie Antoinette (2006) with Sofia Cababa Wood [more thoughts]
In this bonus episode, you'll hear more from Sofia Cababa Wood who discusses Marie Antoinette, its themes, and movies that would pair well with it. Antoinette was ruled by her circumstances, but the 2006 movie …
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In this bonus episode, you'll hear more from Sofia Cababa Wood who discusses Marie Antoinette, its themes, and movies that would pair well with it. Antoinette was ruled by her circumstances, but the 2006 movie shows us a more personal side, all while avoiding graphic imagery of her ultimate demise. We also talk about the funny, entertaining MTV Cribs parody that Jason Schwartzman did which appears on the DVD's special features.
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Sofia Cababa Wood is a Seattle-based product designer at eBay. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Visual Communication Design from the University of Washington in 2020. She cut her teeth at various design studios, with a specialty in data visualization. Her experiences living in the Netherlands, Japan, and South Korea have shaped her as a designer and helped her view her work through a systems-centered lens. These days, she also makes and sells pottery!
https://www.sofiacababawood.com/
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Marie Antoinette (2006)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DNY8hQuSOyU/
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Other movies and shows discussed:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Bear (2022-)
The Beguiled (2017)
The Bling Ring (2013)
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Bottoms (2023)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bridgerton (2020-)
The Great (2020-2023)
Her (2013)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Priscilla (2023)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Shiva Baby (2020)
Somewhere (2010)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Marie Antoinette (2006) with Sofia Cababa Wood
Based on Lady Antonia Fraser's 2001 biography and directed by Sofia Coppola, the 2006 Oscar-winning movie Marie Antoinette portrays the queen in a way you might not expect, making her a relatable person, a …
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Based on Lady Antonia Fraser's 2001 biography and directed by Sofia Coppola, the 2006 Oscar-winning movie Marie Antoinette portrays the queen in a way you might not expect, making her a relatable person, a teenager who becomes a leader, coping with life's ups and downs all while trying to have some fun too. The stylistic flair and visual embellishments (watch for a pair of Converse sneakers) make plenty of scenes feel like a dessert tray thanks to the friendly, sweet color choices and Milena Canonero's work which won a 2007 Oscar for Best Achievement in Costume Design. Designer Sofia Cababa Wood has always loved the movie and as a teenager reenacted moments while visiting France, it's a movie the Seattle-based product designer at eBay definitely watches once a year.
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Sofia Cababa Wood is a Seattle-based product designer at eBay. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Visual Communication Design from the University of Washington in 2020. She cut her teeth at various design studios, with a specialty in data visualization. Her experiences living in the Netherlands, Japan, and South Korea have shaped her as a designer and helped her view her work through a systems-centered lens. These days, she also makes and sells pottery!
https://www.sofiacababawood.com/
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Marie Antoinette (2006)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DO8szHyCH91/
https://www.history.com/articles/marie-antoinette
https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/marie-antoinette-4-1200515977/
https://letterboxd.com/journal/marie-antoinette-retrospective-deep-impact/
https://www.vulture.com/2013/06/defense-of-sofia-coppolas-marie-antoinette.html
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Other movies and shows discussed:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Bear (2022-)
The Beguiled (2017)
The Bling Ring (2013)
Bridgerton (2020-)
The Favourite (2018)
The Great (2020-2023)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Priscilla (2023)
Somewhere (2010)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Clockwatchers (1997) with Christie Wu [more thoughts]
Designer Christie Wu shares more thoughts about Clockwatchers (1997), talking about iconic, memorable, and funny scenes. Starring Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, and Alanna Ubach, Clockwatchers tells …
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Designer Christie Wu shares more thoughts about Clockwatchers (1997), talking about iconic, memorable, and funny scenes. Starring Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, and Alanna Ubach, Clockwatchers tells the story of four female temp workers struggling to get through each day of their 9 to 5 job.
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Christie Wu is a concept-driven designer working at the intersection of culture, design, and technology. Specializing in digital and interactive design, she crafts playful interactions and inventive visual stories that reverse expectations and bring joy to everyday experiences. At DEPT, she has designed for Twitch, eBay, Nordstrom, E*Trade, and Ariana Grande Fragrances. Her work has been recognized by PrintMag, Loadmo.re, and WeDirectory. Her personal project, Wandering Wombs, rebrands menstrual health visually, conceptually, and culturally. Launched in November 2024, it weaves together education, innovative design, and community engagement to empower individuals and spark meaningful conversations about the menstrual cycle.
https://christiewu.fun/index.html
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Clockwatchers (1997)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118866
Clockwatchers (1997) with Christie Wu
Starring Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, and Alanna Ubach, Clockwatchers tells the story of four female temp workers struggling through the challenges of their 9 to 5 job. But when a new, full-time …
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Starring Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, and Alanna Ubach, Clockwatchers tells the story of four female temp workers struggling through the challenges of their 9 to 5 job. But when a new, full-time permanent hire comes on board suspicion and competition set in, made worse by a patronizing boss and thievery that brings about a witch hunt. Designer Christie Wu talks about how Clockwatchers impacted her, and explains why its well-composed cinematography is so rewarding to watch.
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Christie Wu is a concept-driven designer working at the intersection of culture, design, and technology. Specializing in digital and interactive design, she crafts playful interactions and inventive visual stories that reverse expectations and bring joy to everyday experiences. At DEPT, she has designed for Twitch, eBay, Nordstrom, E*Trade, and Ariana Grande Fragrances. Her work has been recognized by PrintMag, Loadmo.re, and WeDirectory. Her personal project, Wandering Wombs, rebrands menstrual health visually, conceptually, and culturally. Launched in November 2024, it weaves together education, innovative design, and community engagement to empower individuals and spark meaningful conversations about the menstrual cycle.
https://christiewu.fun/index.html
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christie-wu-13031a181/
https://www.printmag.com/web-interactive-design/wandering-wombs-a-lifeline-for-reproductive-rights/
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Clockwatchers (1997)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118866
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHACMZl4ud0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taf5HhMAmOI
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Other movies and shows discussed:
Big Love (2006-2011)
The Office (2001-2003, UK)
The Office (2005-2013, US)
Office Space (1999)
Playtime (1967)
Working Girl (1988) with Karen Cheng [more thoughts]
In this bonus episode, Professor Karen Cheng shares more thoughts about Working Girl (1988), a movie she loves. We discuss the cinematography, Harrison Ford's character, and other movies that would pair well …
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In this bonus episode, Professor Karen Cheng shares more thoughts about Working Girl (1988), a movie she loves. We discuss the cinematography, Harrison Ford's character, and other movies that would pair well with Working Girl for a potential double feature.
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Cheng is the author of Designing Type, a comprehensive, systematic guide to the design of letters, published by Yale University Press. Since its initial publication in 2006, Designing Type has been translated into German, Spanish, French, Ukrainian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean, and it has been ranked #14 on a list of "Top 50 Typography Books of the Last 50 Years" in the journal Visible Language. As a researcher, Cheng has investigated how scientists can collaborate with designers to aid public and interdisciplinary communication. She is co-author of the widely referenced "A Brief Guide to Designing Effective Figures for the Scientific Paper" and has published on the positive impact of visual design on scientific communication and the role of visual design critiques in research practice, in the Information Design Journal. Cheng holds a Master's Degree in Design from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning and an Honors Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Penn State. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Washington in 1997, she worked in Brand Management at Procter & Gamble.
https://art.washington.edu/people/karen-cheng
Designing Type
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Working Girl (1988)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096463/
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Other movies and shows discussed:
All the President's Men (1976)
Betty Blue (1986)
Delicatessen (1991)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Miss Sloane (2016)
9 to 5 (1980)
Powers of Ten (1977)
Trading Places (1983)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
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Working Girl (1988) with Karen Cheng
Working Girl, directed by Mike Nichols, stars Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver, with Alec Baldwin and Joan Cusack. Tess, played by Melanie Griffith, ascends the corporate ladder using her book …
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Working Girl, directed by Mike Nichols, stars Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver, with Alec Baldwin and Joan Cusack. Tess, played by Melanie Griffith, ascends the corporate ladder using her book smarts and street smarts, and by pretending to be somebody she's not. Tess strives to do big things, and has plenty of good ideas to get her foot in the door until she's caught, accused of being an imposter. With Sigourney Weaver as her boss Katharine, and Harrison Ford as Jack Trainer the love interest, the movie has plenty of laughs, and lessons too. Professor Karen Cheng joins the show to talk about what makes Working Girls such a fun, rewatchable movie.
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Professor Karen Cheng is the author of Designing Type, a comprehensive, systematic guide to the design of letters, published by Yale University Press. Since its initial publication in 2006, Designing Type has been translated into German, Spanish, French, Ukrainian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean, and it has been ranked #14 on a list of "Top 50 Typography Books of the Last 50 Years" in the journal Visible Language. As a researcher, Cheng has investigated how scientists can collaborate with designers to aid public and interdisciplinary communication. She is co-author of the widely referenced "A Brief Guide to Designing Effective Figures for the Scientific Paper" and has published on the positive impact of visual design on scientific communication and the role of visual design critiques in research practice, in the Information Design Journal. Cheng holds a Master's Degree in Design from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning and an Honors Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Penn State. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Washington in 1997, she worked in Brand Management at Procter & Gamble.
https://art.washington.edu/people/karen-cheng
Designing Type
Type Directors Club book discussion
"A Brief Guide to Designing Effective Figures for the Scientific Paper"
https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201102518
Positive Impact of Visual Design on Scientific Communication
https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/idj.23.1.09che
The Role of Visual Design Critiques in Research Practice
https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/idj.22008.sem
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Working Girl (1988)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096463/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTlPpI8knqN
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/working-girl-remake-selena-gomez
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Other movies and shows discussed:
Anchroman 2 (2013)
Freaky Friday (1976, 2003)
The Intern (2015)
Murderbot (2025)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Shrinking (2023-)
Ted Lasso (2020-)
Trading Places (1983)
The Social Network (2010) with Scott Amyx and Cameron Tau
Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher, The Social Network is a dramatization of Facebook's founding. The fictional story shows the grit …
Notes de l’épisode
Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher, The Social Network is a dramatization of Facebook's founding. The fictional story shows the grit, tenacity, and ruthlessness of its creators. Guests Scott Amyx and Cameron Tau talk about the movie, and how Facebook has caused disruptions impacting people at a very human level, resulting in isolationism and addiction, damaging mental health. But Uplifty aims to do something very different, helping people build relationships.
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Scott Amyx is a global innovation expert, venture capitalist, and futurist focused on the intersection of humans and exponential technologies. He is the Founder and CEO of Uplifty, where he builds platforms to enhance human connection in an increasingly automated world, and Chair and Managing Partner at Astor Perkins, a deep-tech and sustainability venture firm. A Harvard Business Review Advisory Council Member, TEDx speaker, and author, Scott has advised governments, Fortune 500s, and startups on breakthrough innovation, smart cities, and the future of work. His work combines cutting-edge technology with human-centered strategies to help people and organizations thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Strive: How Doing The Things Most Uncomfortable Leads to Success by Scott Amyx
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Cameron Tau is a UX and product design professional with a background in psychology, marketing, and data analytics. She served as a UI/UX team lead at Uplifty, driving the app's wireframes and overall user experience while integrating user-centered design principles. Skilled in user research, prototyping, and data-driven decision making, Cameron has created high-fidelity designs that enhance usability and engagement across digital platforms. Her work combines design thinking with analytical insights to deliver seamless and impactful user experiences.
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Uplifty
https://www.instagram.com/upliftyai/
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The Social Network (2010)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/
https://youtu.be/lB95KLmpLR4?si=vKPKWSVjCNTHxulx
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The Accidental Billionaires
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Social media and recent fallout
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c747x7gz249o
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68161632
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/03/25/media/meta-google-social-media-verdict-advocates
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) with Radha Sachdev
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) was written and directed by Jacques Demy. Whether you call it off-beat, dreamy, or off-beat and dreamy, this whimsical musical is just the right movie to kick off spring …
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The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) was written and directed by Jacques Demy. Whether you call it off-beat, dreamy, or off-beat and dreamy, this whimsical musical is just the right movie to kick off spring thanks to its bright costumes, memorable set design, great dancing, and upbeat tunes. Plus, the situation with the sadistic killer will keep you guessing. Designer Radha Sachdev talks about what makes The Young Girls of Rochefort so memorable, and why it's worth watching not just once, but again and again.
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Radha Sachdev is an independent designer working across timezones, helping brands create identities with unique design aesthetics, telling their story with a touch of humor and innovation that connects with audiences in an authentic way through beautiful and impactful results. Her favorite part of design is diving into the creative process with the clients, since the process is just as important as the end result. She created the custom logotype called Creative Roots for Datalily Studio's blog page, an incredible and fun collaborative experience with Amy and Jen Hood. Radha has a weakness and passion for film, as well as graphic design in film, specially the typography created for the set design in film or type you see in the street, such as Annie Atkin's work on The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Teddy Blanks, who created the title card for Wuthering Heights (2026), is also one of her favorites. Radha has invented prop design projects just for fun, such as the Adore brand identity from Materialists (2025) and Florist Lily Bloom from It Ends with Us (2024).
https://radhadesignstudio.xyz/
https://radhadesignstudio.xyz/adore/
https://radhadesignstudio.xyz/creativeroots/
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The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062873/
https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/criterions-the-essential-jacques-demy
https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/greta-gerwig-favorite-movies-film-recommendations/
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Other movies discussed:
Chennai Express (2013)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
La La Land (2016)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
West Side Story (1961)
RE-RELEASE: All the President’s Men (1976) with Michael Bierut
Fifty years ago, All the President's Men was released, starring Robert Redford as Bob Woodward and Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein. The movie, written for the screen by William Goldman, dramatizes the …
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Fifty years ago, All the President's Men was released, starring Robert Redford as Bob Woodward and Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein. The movie, written for the screen by William Goldman, dramatizes the research, legwork, and reporting done by The Washington Post's Woodward and Bernstein who exposed the Watergate scandal, shedding light on the corruption that stemmed from President Richard M. Nixon's Committee to Re-Elect the President, known as CREEP. In the movie, released in April 1976, Woodward and Bernstein come across as dedicated, scrappy, and fearless, at times they're even chummy. Designer, author, and teacher Michael Bierut praises William Goldman's screenwriting craft, not only in All the President's Men but also in another Goldman buddy movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid which starred Robert Redford alongside Paul Newman. We also discuss Zodiac, The Post, The Social Network, and movies by Charles and Ray Eames. This episode appeared on Season 1 of the show in 2024.
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Michael Bierut graduated from the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning in 1980 with highest honors. He worked at the office of Lella and Massimo Vignelli for a decade. In 1990, Bierut became a partner in the New York office of Pentagram designing for Mastercard, Slack, Verizon, Benetton, Disney, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, among a long list of other clients. He designed the “H” logo during Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign and presidential run, and also the typographic inscription for the Obama Presidential Center. Beginning in 2024, he shifted into an alternate role at Pentagram, an advisory role, titled Consulting Partner on his LinkedIn. Bierut has earned numerous accolades, was elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale in 1989, received the AIGA Medal, and won the Design Mind category of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards. In addition to being a designer, he has been lecturer at the Yale School of Management and senior critic at the Yale School of Art. An accomplished author, Bierut is co-editor of the five-volume design series of books, Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design and he co-founded the site Design Observer. Find more of his writing in these books: 79 Short Essays on Design (2007), How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry and (every once in a while) change the world (2015 and 2021), and Now You See It and Other Essays on Design (2017). Be sure to check out Bierut in Gary Hustwit's 2007 documentary Helvetica.
https://www.pentagram.com/about/michael-bierut
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLIJ4FzAR3U/
https://www.fastcompany.com/91265497/the-incomparable-michael-bierut-steps-down
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/655-exit-interview-with-michael-bierut/
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All the President's Men (1976)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119/releaseinfo/
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Nixon, Watergate
https://visit.archives.gov/whats-on/explore-exhibits/president-resigns-50-years-later
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/nixon.html
https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/exhibits/watergate-files
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Other movies and shows discussed:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Conversation (1974)
The French Connection (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
Keepers of the Magic (2016)
Marathon Man (1976)
The Post (2017)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Social Network (2010)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
The X-Files (1993-2018)
Zodiac (2007)
RE-RELEASE: Highlander (1986) with Tom Muller
Tom Muller talks about Highlander, its poster design and home video release, and shares tips for organizing old school cassette libraries. This episode appeared on Season 1 of the show in 2024.-Tom Muller is an …
Notes de l’épisode
Tom Muller talks about Highlander, its poster design and home video release, and shares tips for organizing old school cassette libraries. This episode appeared on Season 1 of the show in 2024.
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Tom Muller is an award-winning designer and creative director at helloMuller, and has made an impact on the cultural landscape with narrative-driven design and brand storytelling, creating compelling identities and experiences. Tom's radical and visionary re-design for Marvel's X-Men identity, a new visual language that included wordmarks and typography, helped launch 2019's groundbreaking HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X. He's also designed for entertainment giants DC and Disney, tech pioneers like Google and Gearbox Software, as well as Wired magazine, Skydance New Media, and Wizards of the Coast.
https://www.instagram.com/hellomuller/
https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/tom-muller-designing-evolution-x-logo/
https://www.printmag.com/comics-animation-design/behind-design-the-weatherman/
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Highlander (1986)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091203/
https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/08/movies/screen-highlander-with-sean-connery.html
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Other movies discussed:
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Highlander II (1991)
Ladyhawke (1985)
The Old Guard (2020)
Time Bandits (1981)
Wolfen (1981)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) with Chris Rubino
Chris Rubino talks about his work on film and television titles and graphics, and analyzes Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, based on Arthur Schnitzler's Traumnovelle. Are …
Notes de l’épisode
Chris Rubino talks about his work on film and television titles and graphics, and analyzes Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, based on Arthur Schnitzler's Traumnovelle. Are Dr. William (Cruise) and his wife Alice (Kidman) in the middle of a nightmare or dream, or dealt a terrible hand of horrors in real life? We also talk about the supporting cast, from Marion to Mandy, and touch on the essay, "A Front Row Seat as an Actress in Eyes Wide Shut Reinforces How Much It Anticipated the Epstein Scandal" written by Julienne Davis who portrays Mandy in Eyes Wide Shut.
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Chris Rubino is a New York based director who runs an independent creative studio specializing in visual and conceptual solutions for film and television titling, as well as graphics, plus branding and direction for hospitality and spirits video.
https://www.chrisrubino.com/4am
https://www.chrisrubino.com/work/reel
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPRJhQDDqPQ/
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/fullcredits/
Traumnovelle (1926) by Arthur Schnitzler, basis for Kubrick's movie
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Julienne Davis, Mandy in Eyes Wide Shut, on Kubrick's movie and the Epstein scandal
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204924/
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Nicole Kidman on divorce, high heels
https://youtu.be/tashAHo7s3U?si=wjQtzcpnNtMiOB9I&t=13
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Other movies and shows discussed:
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Blue Valentine (2010)
The Handmade's Tale (2017-2025)
Michael Clayton (2007)
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Roofman (2025)
The Shining (1980)
The Testaments (2026-)
Arrival (2016) with Debbie Millman, then the arrival of special guest Zipeng Zhu
In this bonus episode, designer, author, educator, curator, artist, and pioneering podcast host Debbie Millman talks about Arrival (2016). And then, special guest Zipeng Zhu joins the show to talk about …
Notes de l’épisode
In this bonus episode, designer, author, educator, curator, artist, and pioneering podcast host Debbie Millman talks about Arrival (2016). And then, special guest Zipeng Zhu joins the show to talk about creativity, and why trust is an important part of learning, growing, and improving. Plus, learn about the roles that communication and romance play in Arrival.
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Debbie Millman is host of the pioneering podcast Design Matters. Fast Company called her "one of the most creative people in business" and Graphic Design USA called her "one of the most influential designers working today." She's a "woman of influence" as Success Magazine has said, building a career at the intersection of design, storytelling, and cultural commentary. As the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the first and longest-running podcasts in the world, she's interviewed more than 700 of the world's most creative thinkers and makers, having earned the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, multiple Webby awards and Ambie nominations, and numerous accolades from Apple Podcasts who named Design Matters one of their "All-Time Favorites" three times. Debbie worked on the concept and design of the vault plate that's aboard NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's moon. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Magazine, The Baffler, The New York Review of Books, and Fast Company. The author of two books of illustrated essays, plus author of eight books, she's also Editorial Director of PrintMag.com which she co-owns, Debbie and her business partners rescued the publication from bankruptcy in 2019, preserving its 80-year legacy. Debbie and her wife, best-selling author Roxane Gay, recently acquired The Rumpus. Debbie lives in New York City and Los Angeles with her beautiful wife, two lovable cats and a very charismatic dog.
https://www.printmag.com/author/debbie-millman/
https://www.instagram.com/debbiemillman/
https://designmattersmedia.com/
https://apple.co/designmatters
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Zipeng Zhu is a Chinese-born artist, designer, educator, and founder of the award-winning creative studio Dazzle in New York City. He wants to make every day a razzle-dazzle musical and has collaborated with iconic brands such as Apple, Adidas, Adobe, Coca-Cola, Instagram, MTV, Microsoft, Netflix, The New York Times, The New Yorker magazine, Samsung and Uber. His work has been exhibited at major museums and institutions in cities all over the world, including New York, Barcelona, Dubai, Shanghai, Beijing, and Mumbai. Zipeng dedicates his days running both the Dazzle Studio and merch shop Dazzle Supply, bringing his dazzling design to clients and fans around the globe.
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Arrival (2016)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/
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Other movies discussed:
Gravity (2013)
Interstellar (2014)
The Tree of Life (2011)
Arrival (2016) with Debbie Millman
Debbie Millman, designer, author, educator, curator, artist, and pioneering podcast host, joins Designers On Film to talk about Arrival (2016), a movie that has all the ingredients to keep you engaged and make …
Notes de l’épisode
Debbie Millman, designer, author, educator, curator, artist, and pioneering podcast host, joins Designers On Film to talk about Arrival (2016), a movie that has all the ingredients to keep you engaged and make you curious about life on this planet, or life beyond this planet. Amy Adams is Louise Banks, Jeremy Renner is Ian Donnelly, and together they're brought into a government operation to understand, analyze, and hopefully communicate with visitors from another planet. In addition to sharing everything about the movie that she loves, Debbie also talks about how science has been an integral part of her own life, why she believes in alien lifeforms, and ponders big questions about language, love, and time.
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Debbie Millman is host of the pioneering podcast Design Matters. Fast Company called her "one of the most creative people in business" and Graphic Design USA called her "one of the most influential designers working today." She's a "woman of influence" as Success Magazine has said, building a career at the intersection of design, storytelling, and cultural commentary. As the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the first and longest-running podcasts in the world, she's interviewed more than 700 of the world's most creative thinkers and makers, having earned the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, multiple Webby awards and Ambie nominations, and numerous accolades from Apple Podcasts who named Design Matters one of their "All-Time Favorites" three times. Debbie worked on the concept and design of the vault plate that's aboard NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's moon. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Magazine, The Baffler, The New York Review of Books, and Fast Company. The author of two books of illustrated essays, plus author of eight books, she's also Editorial Director of PrintMag.com which she co-owns, Debbie and her business partners rescued the publication from bankruptcy in 2019, preserving its 80-year legacy. Debbie and her wife, best-selling author Roxane Gay, recently acquired The Rumpus. Debbie lives in New York City and Los Angeles with her beautiful wife, two lovable cats and a very charismatic dog.
https://www.printmag.com/author/debbie-millman/
https://www.instagram.com/debbiemillman/
https://designmattersmedia.com/
https://apple.co/designmatters
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Zipeng Zhu is a Chinese-born artist, designer, educator, and founder of the award-winning creative studio Dazzle in New York City. He wants to make every day a razzle-dazzle musical and has collaborated with iconic brands such as Apple, Adidas, Adobe, Coca-Cola, Instagram, MTV, Microsoft, Netflix, The New York Times, The New Yorker magazine, Samsung and Uber. His work has been exhibited at major museums and institutions in cities all over the world, including New York, Barcelona, Dubai, Shanghai, Beijing, and Mumbai. Zipeng dedicates his days running both the Dazzle Studio and merch shop Dazzle Supply, bringing his dazzling design to clients and fans around the globe.
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Arrival (2016)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5384213/
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
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Other movies, shows, and books discussed:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Contact (1997)
Interstellar (2014)
The Twilight Zone, S3.E24: To Serve Man (1962)
Amélie (2001) with Zipeng Zhu [more thoughts]
In this bonus episode, hear more from Zipeng Zhu who talks about his design philosophy and methodology, the importance of sprinkling magic dust on top of things, and why swiping up and down and hoping for the …
Notes de l’épisode
In this bonus episode, hear more from Zipeng Zhu who talks about his design philosophy and methodology, the importance of sprinkling magic dust on top of things, and why swiping up and down and hoping for the best isn't the best design approach. We also talk about manga and manifestation, creating work that you can touch or work that touches people, and be sure to listen to the end, you'll hear us planning a Zoom Drop-In to surprise an upcoming guest.
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Zipeng Zhu is a Chinese-born artist, designer, educator, and founder of the award-winning creative studio Dazzle in New York City. He wants to make every day a razzle-dazzle musical and has collaborated with iconic brands such as Apple, Adidas, Adobe, Coca-Cola, Instagram, MTV, Microsoft, Netflix, The New York Times, The New Yorker magazine, Samsung and Uber. His work has been exhibited at major museums and institutions in cities all over the world, including New York, Barcelona, Dubai, Shanghai, Beijing, and Mumbai. Zipeng dedicates his days running both the Dazzle Studio and merch shop Dazzle Supply, bringing his dazzling design to clients and fans around the globe.
https://www.instagram.com/zzdesign
https://sva.edu/features/sva-creators-zipeng-zhu-makes-exuberant-designs-that-leave-you-dazzled
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Amélie (2001)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/
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Other movies, shows, and books discussed:
Akira (manga, 1982-1990)
Chicago (2002)
Harry Potter (2001-2011)
Naruto (manga, 1999-2014)
One Piece (manga, 1997-)
Sailor Moon (manga, 1991-1997)
Shōnen Jump (manga, 1968-)
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