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Two Designers Walk Into a Bar

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Pop culture inspires some serious fun. Join hosts Todd Coats and Elliot Strunk, two creatively curious pals living between the bookends of grand museums and dive bars, the sweet spot where highbrow and lowbrow become drinking buddies. They talk influential work and uncover stories of how the familiar became iconic. Think Behind the Music for the stuff we love. ----- Visit https://www.twodesignerswalkintoabar.com/ for images, links, episode extras and more. ----- Two Designers Walk Into a Bar is part

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Episode 52: Andy Warhol: Andy Becomes the Center of...

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2023/07/05

Easily New York’s most successful commercial illustrator, Ambitious Andy wanted to be accepted in the hoity-toity fine art world. Unfortunately, he found that would take a little time and the right moment. The explosion of consumerism set him up to be a household name. - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual examples we discuss, additional links and more! https://www.twodesignerswalkintoabar.com/episodes/episode-52-warhol-becomes-center - - - - - Have a question or idea for

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38:21

Episode 51: Andy Warhol: The 1960s Scene and the...

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2023/06/21

We begin our fourth season with an introduction to the cultural chaos of the mid-1960s. As The Beats began to fade and the Hippies take center stage, changes were happening in both the U.S. and overseas that would set the stage for new forms of art and expression. Warhol found himself in the right place at the right time. - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual examples we discuss, additional links and

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Episode 50: The Pepsi (Logo) Challenge

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2023/06/07

Pepsi announced it’s moving forward by moving backwards (sort of), returning to more of a traditional look for their logo and cans. (Think black. It's a slimming color.) But as they kick their last logo to the curb, we go back in time to discuss how they became saddled with this burdensome brand look in the first place. We talk ovals, smiles, globes, magnetic fields and cosmic forces of the universe in this special breathtaking and scientifically-tangential episode. - - - - - Visit our full episode

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23:39

Episode 49: Listener Mail

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2023/05/24

In this episode we take a step back from our typical subject matter to answer questions submitted by you, our listeners. We discuss meeting sports mascots, paying homage to a creative icon, using big words, MAD Magazine, how we come up with our episode topics and whether or not we’re secretly teachers masquerading as podcast hosts. - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual examples we discuss, additional links and

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45:28

Episode 48 1/2: The Beat Era: Frank Sinatra and His...

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2023/05/10

Turns out we’re not quite ready to let The Beats go! Sticking with our topic of separating myth from reality, we wrap-up our dive into mainstream interpretations with a quick conversation about the movie “The Man with the Golden Arm” which centers on a jazz drummer played by none other than Frank Sinatra. The film’s soundtrack from Elmer Bernstein along with the Saul Bass-designed poster and opening titles helped make this film iconic. - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual

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Episode 48: The Beat Era: Beats, Beatniks and Myth...

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2023/04/26

For our final episode about The Beats, we touch on the TV debut of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and the introduction of character Maynard G. Krebs. We jump into berets, bongos, sunglasses, sandals and the slang. Where did this popular notion – The Beatnik – come from? While some of it was rooted in reality, this caricature came from a combination of hangers-on and mainstream culture’s response to not understanding The Beats. - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual examples

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27:56

Episode 47: The Beat Era: Illustration and Artwork...

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2023/04/12

For our final illustration episode, we wrap-up our jazz album conversation by sharing the story and work of Jim Flora. His cartoonish style “betrayed a diabolic humor and uninhibited sense of outrageousness” that evolved over the years to go from borderline obscene to children’s books. We also name names of a couple contemporary artists directly influenced by Flora’s manic work and highlight his album art from “Mambo for Cats.” - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual

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41:45

Episode 46: The Beat Era: Illustration and Artwork...

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2023/03/29

Building on our last episode, we continue talking illustrators and jazz albums by sharing the story of S. Neil Fujita. Jump in with us as we recap how pop culture arrived at a “look” for artifacts from the era of The Beats through the work of Fujita, another artist whose work influenced our cultural landscape and help explain why those jazz-themed Pinterest boards you follow look the way they do. - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual examples we discuss, additional links

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35:10

Episode 45: The Beat Era: Illustration and Artwork...

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2023/03/15

Records have always featured mood-setting illustrations in addition to more standard photographs. In this episode we share the story of the fun and idiosyncratic illustrator David Stone Martin finding jazz music. We then shift into discussing how pop culture arrived at a “look” for artifacts from the era of The Beats being influenced by the atomic age, the space race and jazz, and what that meant for the later work from Martin. - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual

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13:45

Episode 44 1/2: The Beat Era: Andy Warhol and Jazz...

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2023/03/01

Any conversation about art will involve Andy Warhol sooner or later. Today we jump in and discuss album illustration from early in his career for Count Basie, a group called Trombone By Three and a duet with Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins. We also discuss the phenomenon of different layouts for album issues and reissues, especially in jazz. - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual examples we discuss, additional links and

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36:35

Episode 44: The Beat Era: John Hermansader and Two...

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2023/02/15

The jazz label Blue Note Records existed before Reid Miles was hired, so we talk about the guy who set the stage for him: John Hermansader. Once we’ve set the scene, we jaw about a couple of our favorite albums from artists Horace Parlan and Jackie McLean. Who was in charge of designing them? Why did they make the creative choices they did? And, perhaps most importantly, does each album’s look do a good job of translating sound into visuals? - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the

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Episode 43: The Beat Era: The Origins of the Blue...

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2023/02/01

This episode begins with the founding of iconic Blue Note Records. Albums from the golden age of jazz—the same ones The Beats listened to—have a distinct look and feel, largely thanks to a single label. We drop into the coffee houses, jazz clubs and record label offices of New York to talk about the late-night, rebellious music people were listening to and some of the personalities behind that work. We then conclude by discussing the design of Lee Morgan’s 1961 album “Leeway.” - - - - - Visit our

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Episode 42: The Beat Era: Pollock’s Drips and How...

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2023/01/18

Our conversation about The Beats continues by revisiting when Jackson Pollock revolutionized art in America and how the media brought that revolution to Middle America. We discuss different spots in the U.S. where The Beats found themselves and name some of their wider influences including the abstract expressionist painters and jazz musicians they shared creative and social spaces with. - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual examples we discuss, additional links and

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45:30

Episode 41: The Beat Era: Kerouac’s On the Road and...

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2023/01/04

We start our collection of episodes about The Beat era with the release of Jack Kerouac’s iconic book On the Road in 1957. We discuss who The Beats were beyond Kerouac (Ginsberg, Burroughs and more), the conformity and consumerism they were questioning and rebelling against, and their impact on pop culture for future generations (including the one you’re in). - - - - - Visit our full episode page for show notes, the visual examples we discuss, additional links and

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Season 3 Preview: The Beats, Studio 54, 80s Modern...

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2022/09/12

Hi, it’s Todd and Elliot here with a quick announcement about Season 3. We’re going to be mixing it up a little bit from our first two seasons. Think themes. Think mini-series. We heard streaming services like Netflix make crazy money with these things so we thought, Why not? (We have a rather large bar tab we need to pay.) Anyway… We’re still talking design and pop culture, but how certain people in specific eras left lasting impressions on our culture. The Beats. Studio 54, 80s modern and 90s

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Episode 40: Bar Snacks with Kyle Webster - Part 4...

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2022/07/20

Sometimes, in spite of their better judgement, friends choose to join us in the bar. One of our drinking buddies is frequent artist, occasional sax player and North Carolina resident Kyle T. Webster. Today we ask him even more thought-provoking questions over a few drinks: What’s your favorite album cover? What video game (arcade or console) is the best? What’s your favorite sport? What’s the best Halloween costume you ever had? You’re at the fair. What is the one thing you never miss? Who is

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Episode 39: Bar Snacks with Kyle Webster - Part 3...

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2022/07/06

Sometimes, in spite of their better judgement, friends choose to join us in the bar. One of our drinking buddies is frequent artist, occasional sax player and North Carolina resident Kyle T. Webster. Today we ask him even more thought-provoking questions over a few drinks: What was the last thing you bought based on the ad or package? Tell us about your favorite drink? (We’ll see if the bartender can make it for you.) What’s your favorite place you’ve had a chance to visit? If you like this

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Episode 38: Bar Snacks with Kyle Webster - Part 2...

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2022/06/22

Sometimes, in spite of their better judgement, friends choose to join us in the bar. One of our drinking buddies is frequent artist, occasional sax player and North Carolina resident Kyle T. Webster. Today we ask him even more thought-provoking questions over a few drinks: What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater? Who was (or is) the best advertising character? Are you camp Warner Brothers or camp Hanna-Barbera? If you like this episode, be sure to listen to our other three

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Episode 37: Bar Snacks with Kyle Webster - Part 1...

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2022/06/08

Sometimes, in spite of their better judgement, friends choose to join us in the bar. One of our drinking buddies is frequent artist, occasional sax player and North Carolina resident Kyle T. Webster. Today we ask him some thought-provoking questions over a few drinks: What’s an iconic design from your childhood? What logo brings a smile to your face? Who is your favorite cartoon character? If you like this episode, be sure to listen to our other three conversations with Kyle. - - - - - Visit

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Episode 36: Bar Snacks with Lenny Terenzi - Part 4...

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2022/05/25

Sometimes, in spite of their better judgment, friends choose to join us in the bar. One of our drinking buddies is artist, North Carolina resident and all-around nice guy Lenny Terenzi. Today we ask him even more thought-provoking questions over a few drinks: What video game (arcade or console) is the best? What’s your favorite sport? What’s the best Halloween costume you ever had? You’re at the fair. What is the one thing you never miss? Who is your favorite “kitsch” or “lowbrow” artist? If

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