An amazing story of a promising architecture student who loses everything as war sweeps across his country, and restarts life in America, just as a new tech region of Silicon Valley begins to growBy Curtis Bird

Out of the dynamic growth of Silicon Valley came a new field of Biotech that would begin to outpace its technical field of origin. Even as people speak of the end of Moore's law and the slowing of tech development, it seems biotech just grows and innovates more quickly. Today's guest, Terry Guyer, was not only first hand for the growth of these ind…

A young employee at the Harris Seybold printing company always loved those framed paintings of classic books. They hung in the offices, those original paintings, and were mostly done by artist and illustrator Everett Henry. They were extraordinary in their visual ability to represent the geography, plot and drama of a story in a single visual. Ever…

Drawing on a whimsical approach to depicting areas, Kirby Scudder has tapped into a greater depth and continues the tradition of the American Birds Eye View map. Here we chat with him about his early work for the Tech Regions around Boston with "Route 128" as well as his early Silicon Valley. Visit him at www.kirbyscudder.com…

While you might know his for a series of maps that looked at Sports history from Baseball, Football, Golf, and more. You really know, and believe his work from movies such as "Return of the Jedi", "The Goonies", "E.T." and more. Here a discussion with Frank Ordaz about his work and how it began with a transcendent moment.…

He is your visual guide to understanding the slopes, and his work has taken him around the globe. Here an interview with James Niehues about his history, his process and how to capture the drama of a mountain experience and make it accessible.By Curtis Bird

An old quote claims that "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"... in other words some things don't translate. But one artist with a unique process and history has found a work around. Emek Golan has done album covers, artwork and posters for some of the most influential artists of the time, and is known visualizations that go dee…