The Crit

London-based industrial designer John Tree visits the studio to talk about the challenges of mobile phone design, his belief in the social potential of industrial design, the opportunity to completely reconceive electric vehicles, and the importance of not obsessing over your business card.

John's picks for his crit were:
Best design: Billet chair
Worst design: A mobile phone for Samsung
Most successful design: Apex lamp
Most impactful feedback: His friend Chopper from Rosie Lee saying that it’s not enough to be a good designer, you have to get your work out there
Dream design: Electric vehicles

The Crit
Graphics: Leonhard Rothmoser

Music: Yuri Suzuki and Team Suzuki
This episode of The Crit was recorded at KEF Music Gallery, London
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London-based designer Tessa Silva joins the podcast to discuss making objects out of milk protein, understanding the possibilities and limitations of materials, and her dream of redesigning pubs.

Tessa's picks for her crit were:
Best design: Feminised Protein
Worst design: Martini glasses made from milk
Most successful design: Smock
Most impactful feedback: Comments from fellow designers during an informal crit group she started to get feedback on her work in progress
Dream design: Pubs

The Crit
Graphics: Leonhard Rothmoser

Music: Yuri Suzuki and Team Suzuki
This episode of The Crit was recorded at KEF Music Gallery, London
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tetsuo Mukai, co-founder of London-based design studio Study O Portable, joins the podcast to discuss creating objects that interrogate our relationship with design, his background in fashion, and his perspective on debates around how critical design practice is framed and presented to a broad public.

Tetsuo's picks for his crit were:
Best design: Quartz Mirror
Worst design: Crystal room dividers
Most successful design: Fuzz
Most impactful feedback: People asking whether his work is art or design
Dream design: A free art school

The Crit
Graphics: Leonhard Rothmoser

Music: Yuri Suzuki and Team Suzuki
This episode of The Crit was recorded at KEF Music Gallery, London
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simone Brewster, a designer, artist and educator, as well as the subject of the second Platform exhibition at London's Design Museum, joins The Crit to discuss finding a wider purpose behind her varied work, her attraction to answering the same questions in different ways, and the importance of language and representation in design.

Simone's picks for her crit were:
Best design: Negress & Mammy
Worst design: Decorative plates for William Morris Gallery’s Althea McNish exhibition
Most successful design: Temple of Relics pavilion
Most impactful feedback: One of her architecture tutors saying that she needed to take herself seriously
Dream design: Serpentine Gallery pavilion

The Crit
Graphics: Leonhard Rothmoser

Music: Yuri Suzuki and Team Suzuki
This episode of The Crit was recorded at KEF Music Gallery, London
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil Garnham, executive creative director of Monotype Studio, joins the podcast to discuss the changing landscape of type design, the joys of creating typography for broadcasting companies, and the difficulties of releasing typefaces into the world to have a life of their own.

Phil's picks for his crit were:
Best design: FS Emeric
Worst design: FS Lola, a typeface used for Sainsbury’s and Greggs
Most successful design: Designing logos for broadcast companies such as ITV and Channel 4
Most impactful feedback: Look at a typeface or logo with fresh eyes by flipping it on its side or upside down
Dream design: Rebranding TG Jones (formerly known as WHSmith’s)

The Crit
Graphics: Leonhard Rothmoser

Music: Yuri Suzuki and Team Suzuki
This episode of The Crit was recorded at KEF Music Gallery, London
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.