Scratching the Surface
@surfacepodcast.bsky.social
Conversations about design of all types. Hosted by @jarrettfuller.
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For the final episode of our Spring season, Jarrett talks with Pentagram partner and information designer Giorgia Lupi about about the evolution of how we talk about data and how the COVID-19 pandemic changed how she thought about data and her work.
🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/290
🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/290
On this week's episode, we're celebrating the release of @jarrettfuller.bsky.social new book with a special conversation with @drawdownbooks.bsky.social's Kathleen Sleboda!
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🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/293-graphic-...
September 30, 2026 at 3:10 PM
On this week's episode, we're celebrating the release of @jarrettfuller.bsky.social new book with a special conversation with @drawdownbooks.bsky.social's Kathleen Sleboda!
🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/293-graphic-...
🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/293-graphic-...
On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by designer, writer, entrepreneur, and educator Will Hunter about talk about founding the London School of Architecture his new Building Better Cities Project.
Listen here: scratchingthesurface.fm/292-will-hun...
Listen here: scratchingthesurface.fm/292-will-hun...
September 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by designer, writer, entrepreneur, and educator Will Hunter about talk about founding the London School of Architecture his new Building Better Cities Project.
Listen here: scratchingthesurface.fm/292-will-hun...
Listen here: scratchingthesurface.fm/292-will-hun...
🎉 We're back with the first episode of our Fall season with a new conversation with Central Saint Martins Provost Rathna Ramanathan about art and design education!
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🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/291-rathna-r...
September 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
🎉 We're back with the first episode of our Fall season with a new conversation with Central Saint Martins Provost Rathna Ramanathan about art and design education!
🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/291-rathna-r...
🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/291-rathna-r...
We're taking the summer off from new episodes but will be resharing some old favorites from the archive over the next few months! First up, we revisit our 2017 conversation with Pentagram partner Abbott Miller!
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June 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
We're taking the summer off from new episodes but will be resharing some old favorites from the archive over the next few months! First up, we revisit our 2017 conversation with Pentagram partner Abbott Miller!
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/post/1612661...
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/post/1612661...
For the final episode of our Spring season, Jarrett talks with Pentagram partner and information designer Giorgia Lupi about about the evolution of how we talk about data and how the COVID-19 pandemic changed how she thought about data and her work.
🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/290
🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/290
May 27, 2026 at 3:23 PM
For the final episode of our Spring season, Jarrett talks with Pentagram partner and information designer Giorgia Lupi about about the evolution of how we talk about data and how the COVID-19 pandemic changed how she thought about data and her work.
🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/290
🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/290
On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Studio Folder co-founder and Design Academy Eindhoven Information Design head Marco Ferrari to talk about information design, the politics of data visualization, and how to engage in new forms of visual research.
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May 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM
On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Studio Folder co-founder and Design Academy Eindhoven Information Design head Marco Ferrari to talk about information design, the politics of data visualization, and how to engage in new forms of visual research.
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/289-marco-fe...
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/289-marco-fe...
On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by MASS Design Group's Alan Ricks and Sierra Bainbridge to talk about about MASS’s structure as a non-profit and why design should not be about minimizing harm but rather maximizing abundance.
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288. Alan Ricks & Sierra Bainbridge
Alan Ricks and Sierra Bainbridge are founding members of Model of Architecture Serving Society (MASS). Alan, an architect and co-executive director, and Sierra, director of the Landscape Studio and Ab...
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April 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by MASS Design Group's Alan Ricks and Sierra Bainbridge to talk about about MASS’s structure as a non-profit and why design should not be about minimizing harm but rather maximizing abundance.
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/288-alan-ric...
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/288-alan-ric...
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Here @jeremytill.bsky.social & Tatjana Schneider—as members of the MOULD research collective—spoke at @surfacepodcast.bsky.social about their/(our) book, 'Architecture is Climate,' looks at the engagements of architecture with climate, politics, economics, social justice.
#PrintedMatterMatters
#PrintedMatterMatters
287. Jeremy Till & Tatjana Schneider
Jeremy Till and Tatjana Schneider are architects, educators, writers, and researchers. With their research collective Mould, they are co-authors of the new book, Architecture is Climate that re-examin...
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April 15, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Here @jeremytill.bsky.social & Tatjana Schneider—as members of the MOULD research collective—spoke at @surfacepodcast.bsky.social about their/(our) book, 'Architecture is Climate,' looks at the engagements of architecture with climate, politics, economics, social justice.
#PrintedMatterMatters
#PrintedMatterMatters
On today's episode, Jarrett is joined by Jeremy Till and Tatjana Schneider of the Mould Collective to talk about their important new book, Architecture is Climate!
🎧 Listen here: scratchingthesurface.fm/287-jeremy-t...
🎧 Listen here: scratchingthesurface.fm/287-jeremy-t...
April 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM
On today's episode, Jarrett is joined by Jeremy Till and Tatjana Schneider of the Mould Collective to talk about their important new book, Architecture is Climate!
🎧 Listen here: scratchingthesurface.fm/287-jeremy-t...
🎧 Listen here: scratchingthesurface.fm/287-jeremy-t...
In this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Heidi Korsavong and Benjamin Critton, co-founders of the LA-based gallery @marta.losangeles!
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🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/286-heidi-ko...
April 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
In this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Heidi Korsavong and Benjamin Critton, co-founders of the LA-based gallery @marta.losangeles!
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🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/286-heidi-ko...
On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Canadian Center for Architecture director Giovanna Borasi to talk about the CCA’s mission and history and why she’s interested in the confusion that comes with blurring disciplinary boundaries.
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🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/285-giovanna...
March 18, 2026 at 2:49 PM
On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Canadian Center for Architecture director Giovanna Borasi to talk about the CCA’s mission and history and why she’s interested in the confusion that comes with blurring disciplinary boundaries.
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/285-giovanna...
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/285-giovanna...
On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Walter Hood to talk about thinking of landscapes as a medium, his interest in subverting typologies, and why he refers to his work as a cultural practice.
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🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/284-walter-h...
March 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Walter Hood to talk about thinking of landscapes as a medium, his interest in subverting typologies, and why he refers to his work as a cultural practice.
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/284-walter-h...
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/284-walter-h...
On this week's episode, Jarrett talks with graphic designer and writer Oliver Munday about his first book of fiction, the short story collection "Head of Household"!
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🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/283-oliver-m...
February 18, 2026 at 4:22 PM
On this week's episode, Jarrett talks with graphic designer and writer Oliver Munday about his first book of fiction, the short story collection "Head of Household"!
🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/283-oliver-m...
🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/283-oliver-m...
In our latest episode, Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter of Honey & Bunny talk to Jarrett Fuller about how food is a design object that can explore the complex systems that influence our lives.
🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/282-sonja-st...
🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/282-sonja-st...
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
In our latest episode, Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter of Honey & Bunny talk to Jarrett Fuller about how food is a design object that can explore the complex systems that influence our lives.
🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/282-sonja-st...
🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/282-sonja-st...
On today's episode, Jarrett is joined by Honey and Bunny's Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter to talk about about the origins of food design, what they learned from Hans Hollein, and why food is the most important design object.
🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/282-sonja-st...
🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/282-sonja-st...
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
On today's episode, Jarrett is joined by Honey and Bunny's Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter to talk about about the origins of food design, what they learned from Hans Hollein, and why food is the most important design object.
🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/282-sonja-st...
🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/282-sonja-st...
Today on our Substack, we're featuring Sightlines, a new book series from MACK Books, that features short books on architecture from a particular point of view.
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Sightlines, a new book series, features essays on architecture from a particular point of view
MACK, the famed photo book publishers, are launching a new series of short books on architecture.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Today on our Substack, we're featuring Sightlines, a new book series from MACK Books, that features short books on architecture from a particular point of view.
surfacepodcast.substack.com/p/sightlines...
surfacepodcast.substack.com/p/sightlines...
In our latest episode, designer and educator Otto von Busch talks about the hypocrisy (and his place in it) of design academia that he explores in his provocative new book, The Design Comedy.
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🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/281-otto-von...
January 23, 2026 at 3:08 PM
In our latest episode, designer and educator Otto von Busch talks about the hypocrisy (and his place in it) of design academia that he explores in his provocative new book, The Design Comedy.
🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/281-otto-von...
🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/281-otto-von...
On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Otto von Busch to talk about his new book, The Design Comedy, and its analysis of the state of design, the value of making in design education, and the relationship between design practice and design theory.
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/281-otto-von...
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/281-otto-von...
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Otto von Busch to talk about his new book, The Design Comedy, and its analysis of the state of design, the value of making in design education, and the relationship between design practice and design theory.
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/281-otto-von...
🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/281-otto-von...
Today in our members-only newsletter, we have a new interview with Vishaan Chakrabarti reflecting on the first ten years of PAU, the studio he founded to bridge architecture and urbanism.
📖 Link to the interview and to sign up: surfacepodcast.substack.com/p/vishaan-ch...
📖 Link to the interview and to sign up: surfacepodcast.substack.com/p/vishaan-ch...
January 13, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Today in our members-only newsletter, we have a new interview with Vishaan Chakrabarti reflecting on the first ten years of PAU, the studio he founded to bridge architecture and urbanism.
📖 Link to the interview and to sign up: surfacepodcast.substack.com/p/vishaan-ch...
📖 Link to the interview and to sign up: surfacepodcast.substack.com/p/vishaan-ch...
In our latest episode, @ghostlyint.bsky.social founder Sam Valenti IV talks to @jarrettfuller.bsky.social about the relationship between design and music and design's impact on the wider culture!
🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/280-sam-vale...
🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/280-sam-vale...
January 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
In our latest episode, @ghostlyint.bsky.social founder Sam Valenti IV talks to @jarrettfuller.bsky.social about the relationship between design and music and design's impact on the wider culture!
🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/280-sam-vale...
🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/280-sam-vale...
In our first episode of the new year, Jarrett is joined by @ghostlyint.bsky.social founder Sam Valenti IV to talk about how music and design shape culture.
🎧 Listen to the conversation: scratchingthesurface.fm/280-sam-vale...
🎧 Listen to the conversation: scratchingthesurface.fm/280-sam-vale...
January 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
In our first episode of the new year, Jarrett is joined by @ghostlyint.bsky.social founder Sam Valenti IV to talk about how music and design shape culture.
🎧 Listen to the conversation: scratchingthesurface.fm/280-sam-vale...
🎧 Listen to the conversation: scratchingthesurface.fm/280-sam-vale...
On today's episode, @jarrettfuller.bsky.social talks with architectural writer, editor, teacher, and critic Thomas Weaver about how do get more interesting design writing!
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🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/279-thomas-w...
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
On today's episode, @jarrettfuller.bsky.social talks with architectural writer, editor, teacher, and critic Thomas Weaver about how do get more interesting design writing!
🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/279-thomas-w...
🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/279-thomas-w...
To celebrate our ninth year (!) of production, we're going to close out 2025 with a special bonus episode where Jarrett Fuller will be answering your questions!
Send in your questions — either by replying here or DM — by 12/19 and we'll sort through the best for Jarrett to answer.
Send in your questions — either by replying here or DM — by 12/19 and we'll sort through the best for Jarrett to answer.
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
To celebrate our ninth year (!) of production, we're going to close out 2025 with a special bonus episode where Jarrett Fuller will be answering your questions!
Send in your questions — either by replying here or DM — by 12/19 and we'll sort through the best for Jarrett to answer.
Send in your questions — either by replying here or DM — by 12/19 and we'll sort through the best for Jarrett to answer.
Today in our members-only newsletter, we have a new interview with Michael Bierut about Theo Crosby, one of the five original @pentagramdesign.bsky.social partners who would have turned 100 this year.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Today in our members-only newsletter, we have a new interview with Michael Bierut about Theo Crosby, one of the five original @pentagramdesign.bsky.social partners who would have turned 100 this year.
surfacepodcast.substack.com/p/michael-bi...
surfacepodcast.substack.com/p/michael-bi...
On this week's episode, Jarrett talks with Carlo Ratti, curator of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale about the exhibitions, intelligences, and the senseable city!
🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/278-carlo-ra...
🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/278-carlo-ra...
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
On this week's episode, Jarrett talks with Carlo Ratti, curator of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale about the exhibitions, intelligences, and the senseable city!
🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/278-carlo-ra...
🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/278-carlo-ra...