Brand New Ways

Jen Leonard | Writer, Researcher, Design Thinker
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Brand New Ways is a podcast for instigators and rebel hearts seeking creative perspectives on life and how we live it, brought to you by writer & designer Jen Leonard. Each week, tune in as she gets curious with movers and shakers across art, design, science, politics, business and beyond.

  1. 10/20/2015

    29: Artist & Textile Designer Dana Haim

    The magic of nature, losing our sense of time, remembering to be grateful, getting into an exercise groove, and the joy of making pom poms! In this episode, I talk to artist and textile designer Dana Haim, whose mission is to spark joy through the creation of ethical, hand-made goods. She achieves this and then some through her instructional workshops across the U.S. and strategic partnerships with local organizations in Mexico and Colombia (where her family is from), which allow her to weave social and environmental consciousness into her craft. Dana received her BA in textile design from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and her MA in design for Textile Futures from Central Saint Martins in London.   Music Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest) Pom Pom Play Girl (Session Highlights) [Instrumental Mix With Backing Vocals] – The Beach Boys Shake It Like a Pom Pom – Missy Elliot Pom Pom – Mozart La Para I Slept With Bonhomme At The CBC Pom Pom - Matthew Dear Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes   Reading List The Celestine Prophecy, by James Redfield The Wes Anderson Collection, by Matt Zoller Seitz   Watch List Wes Anderson: The Criterion Collection (on DVD)   ** If you love my show, please subscribe, rate and review in iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit brandnewways.com

    39 min

  2. 09/29/2015

    28: Emmy-nominated Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain

    Brain power, the science of character, what connects us as human beings, and the always important weekly date night. In this episode, I talk to übermensch Tiffany Shlain, founder of The Webby Awards and creator of the AOL Originals series "The Future Starts Here." Her work adeptly explores the intersections of humanity, technology, science and culture.   Music Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest) Stream of Consciousness (Skratch Bastid Remix) - Afiara Quartet Delirious – Prince You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) [Original 7" Mix] – Dead or Alive I've Seen All Good People: A. Your Move, B. All Good People – Yes Daily News - Maps & Atlases Where Is the Line? – Björk Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes   Reading List Expanded Cinema, by Gene Youngblood Art & Physics, by Leonard Shlain The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, by Leonard Shlain Sex, Time & Power, by Leonard Shlain Leonardo's Brain, by Leonard Shlain   Watch List The Future Starts Here The Making of a Mensch The Adaptable Mind The Science of Character   ** If you love my show, please subscribe, rate and review in iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit brandnewways.com

    32 min

  3. 09/15/2015

    27: Visual Storytellers Faun Chapin & Meg Paradise | Guts & Glory

    Nancy Drew, John Waters, Queen Bey, Helvetica – the perfume, and their dream of one day opening a speakeasy-inspired design studio. In this episode, I talk to Faun Chapin and Meg Paradise, the ginger-haired power duo behind Guts & Glory, a creative collective fueled by courage, vigor, character and oomph.   Music Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest) First True Love Affair – Jimmy Ross No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys Helvetica (The American Dollar remix) – Arms and Sleepers Two Political Party – Terror Fabulous Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan The Dress Looks Nice on You – Sufjan Stevens Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes   Reading List Nancy Drew John Waters   Watch List Meg & Faun on MSNBC talking about their project "They Don't Work For You" Helvetica The Perfume: The Lovers Helvetica The Perfume: The Haters   ** If you love my show, please subscribe, rate and review in iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit brandnewways.com

    51 min

  4. 08/18/2015

    26: SFGirlbyBay Blogger Victoria Smith

    Fitness, friendship, driving fast, wearing kaftans, and comedians in cars getting coffee. In this episode, I talk to Victoria Smith, photographer, stylist, and editor of the internationally popular design blog sfgirlbybay, one of the west coast's leading interior design blogs, with a faithful following that includes social media butterflies, top magazine editors, designophiles, and industry professionals.   Music Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest) Neighbor, Neighbor – ZZ Top Get Out of My House - The Streets Aperol Sunset - Pete Herbert & Dicky Trisco Avalon – Roxy Music Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes   Reading List See San Francisco: Through the Lens of SFGirlbyBay, by Victoria Smith A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving The Razor's Edge, by W. Somerset Maugham   Watch List Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Amélie   ** If you love my show, please subscribe, rate and review in iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit brandnewways.com

    32 min

  5. 08/04/2015

    25: Experimental Typographer Oded Ezer

    Animated gifs, Arctic Monkeys, retreating to the sea, painting the moon, and eliminating nationalities in the name of living in harmony. In this episode, I talk to Oded Ezer, graphic artist, typographer, and conceptual artist (known as "Cat Chap"). He founded the Hebrew Typography type foundry in 2004, but is best known for his typographic design fiction projects, which have been exhibited at the V&A in London and MoMA in New York.   Music Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest) Typography – Jim Dandy Miles from Nowhere – Cat Stevens The Smile On Your Face - Little Ann Ludlow St. - Julian Casablancas Left Hand Free – alt-J Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes   Reading List Oded Ezer: The Typographer s Guide to the Galaxy, by Oded Ezer On Yona Wallach The Medium is the Massage, by Marshall McLuhan Cinema 1: The Movement-Image, by Gilles Deleuze   Watch List 5 Films About Christo and Jeanne-Claude   ** If you love my show, please subscribe, rate and review in iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit brandnewways.com

    44 min

  6. 07/21/2015

    24: Craftivist Collective Founder Sarah Corbett

    Mogwai, chocolate, embroidered hankies, cheeky puns, and sparking conversations about social justice one stitch at a time. In this episode, I talk to cross-stitcher and activist Sarah Corbett, who's the founder of Craftivist Collective, a global social enterprise that uses craft as a tool for gentle actions aimed at influencing long-term change.   Music Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest) Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Carpenters The Craft - Blackalicious Going Down to Liverpool – The Bangles Two Rights Make One Wrong – Mogwai Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes   Reading List Craftivism, by Betty Greer Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell Don't Think Of An Elephant!, by George Lakoff Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story, by Frederik Peeters   Watch List To Kill A Mockingbird   ** If you love my show, please subscribe, rate and review in iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit brandnewways.com

    53 min

  7. 07/07/2015

    23: Designer, Illustrator & Art Director Timothy Goodman

    Kanye West, Lena Dunham, Chris Rock, personal mentors as catalysts for discovering your life's work, and breaking out of boxes that limit you. In this episode, I talk to designer, illustrator and art director Timothy Goodman, who recently exhibited artworks from "Memories of A Girl I Never Knew" at Colette in Paris, collaborated with Jessica Walsh on 40 Days of Dating, and wrote Sharpie Art Workshop: Techniques & Ideas for Transforming Your World.   Music Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest) Highly Suspicious – My Morning Jacket Greenfield Morning/Seed of Joy/Life is a Struggle - RZA & Yoko Ono Colette – Orchestra Baobob Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac On Sight – Kanye West All My Love – Led Zeppelin Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes   Reading List Sharpie Art Workshop: Techniques and Ideas for Transforming Your World, by Timothy Goodman 40 Days of Dating: An Experiment, by Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand The Autobiogrpahy of Malcolm X, by Malcolm X and Alex Haley Significant Objects, by Jason Grote   Watch List 40 Days of Dating   ** If you love my show, please subscribe, rate and review in iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit brandnewways.com

    40 min

  8. 06/23/2015

    22: Designer & Illustrator Don Clark

    Vintage baseball gear, stackable monster toys, Scooby Doo, Foo Fighters, and blazing your own trail. In this episode, I talk to designer and illustrator Don Clark, who founded Invisible Creature with his brother Ryan in 2006. It's a Grammy Award-nominated, multi-disciplinary creative studio housed in a dreamy refurbished barn just outside of Seattle.   Music Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest) Runners - Lecrae Space - M.I.A. Polyethylene, Pt. 1 & 2 - Radiohead The Pretender - Foo Fighters Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes   Reading List Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, by Andy Crouch The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics, by C. S. Lewis The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings Us Back to the Garden, by Kevin DeYoung (author) and Don Clark (illustrator)   Watch List Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Mad Max (1979)   ** If you love my show, please subscribe, rate and review in iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit brandnewways.com

    31 min
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Brand New Ways is a podcast for instigators and rebel hearts seeking creative perspectives on life and how we live it, brought to you by writer & designer Jen Leonard. Each week, tune in as she gets curious with movers and shakers across art, design, science, politics, business and beyond.

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    Jen Leonard | Writer, Researcher, Design Thinker
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