Why are we Designing?

Tempor Footnotes

Note: This episode was recorded on 5/15/20 before #blackouttuesday. As Marcy Harriell puts it, “This week was created to #AmplifyMelanatedVoices. We are instead being muted by a swath of black squares, and while it might read as solidarity, the only thing we see in our feed is ads.” There is no need not to have voices be heard or stories be told, so for that reason, we want to start posting these episodes so that we can move forward telling the stories from the people that we want to tell stories from. Here is the first of two podcasts that were recorded before the protests.

Tempor Footnotes Podcast
Episode 13: Why are we Designing?
We would like to introduce a brilliant designer and a good friend of ours, Jennifer Blanco. She is a graphic designer and creative director from Houston, Texas. She has a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York, where she lived for many years and worked with various design teams—notably for Louise Fili, and in-house for the Museum of Modern Art. Jenn has also taught graphic design and has served as Vice President on the Board of Directors of AIGA Houston. For ten years, she has run the design and branding consultancy Field of Study with her partner and best friend, John Earles. Together, they also operate Workhorse Printmakers, where they create custom letterpress print on antique presses.

Please join us in welcoming Jenn Blanco to the podcast, we hope you enjoy this episode: https://www.tempormag.com/footnotespodcast/episode-13-why-are-we-designing.
ABOUT TEMPOR FOOTNOTES: Tempor Footnotes Podcast is a production of Studio WAC and Tempor Magazine. Our producer is Scott Cartwright, and Jenny Lynn Weitz is our art director. Simon Mathewson of Nul Tiel Records composed the music for this episode. You can follow us on Instagram @tempormag and Twitter @tempormag. If you’d like to support the show, consider making an online donation at https://secure.squarespace.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5acc23ca8a922dc7730476c9.