Joining us on the podcast today is Sarah Trop, owner of Fun Cycled in upstate New York. By day, Sarah transforms spaces and furniture through thoughtful, sustainable design, and by night, she shares her creative life as a lifestyle blogger—she's truly fun to follow and watch. In this episode, we're talking about upcycling—what Sarah lovingly calls Fun Cycling—and how intentional, sustainable design can bring a sense of peace into the spaces we live and work in. We'll also explore what it means to be

We explore whether AI’s speed is liberating us for strategy or simply triggering a Jevons Paradox that demands more output, drawing on Daniel Ruston’s warning about the shift from maker to orchestrator and Caitlin Steele’s call for building “defensible space” against constant crises. By examining community debates on original craft versus automation and the tension between thematic aesthetics and functional readability, we question what truly matters when execution becomes nearly instant.From The

Last year at the big Walnut Springs Rally we had a blast! Some more than others, as we find out from security footage of Bobbo's midnight shenanigans. Let's go through the motions of making sure you still have everything after a blackout and we can worry about replacing the whiskey later. We even get a play by play of Bobbo's bar table balancing act!Thanks for joining us for this week's #JCWPodcast #JCWArchive. Please don't forget to Like, Share, and most importantly, Subscribe--to make sure you

In this episode of The Truth In This Art, accomplished actress, artist, writer, director, and New York Times bestselling author Victoria Rowell is here!About Victoria Rowell: Victoria Rowell is a multi-disciplinary creator widely known for her television roles on Diagnosis Murder and The Young and the Restless. Driven by an innate love of movement and a childhood immersed in the arts by her foster mother, she has built a dynamic creative life spanning classical ballet, acting, and

What's possible when partnership, trust and an optimistic mindset come together under pressure? Aurecon CEO Louise Adams and Perenti CEO and Managing Director Vanessa Torres speak about how they connected over their shared passion for the role of optimism. Learn about the role optimism played in transforming the GEMCO wharf from catastrophe to rebuilt and operational in 14 months – a process that could have taken three to five years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marwan recaps a packed Wednesday, September 30th, 2026, breaking down the ongoing electronic Hajj registration process across the Sultanate. We also cover the Consumer Protection Authority completing major inspections on school supply safety as the academic month wraps up, international maritime updates regarding Omani shipping corridors in the Strait of Hormuz, and local weather forecasts.

Episode #002: The Modernist Society I visited The Modernist Society's website, a site that asks you to join something rather than buy something, and then hands you five things to do before you've worked out who they are. Get past the homepage and the about page calms right down and tells the story properly. It names the people who started it, thanks its funders in public and lets someone else's quote describe the magazine better than the site could itself. I spotted a small contradiction abou...

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Designing in the Wild is back for Season 3 — and this time, we're going video. This season, I'm sitting down with designers, researchers, biomimicry experts, sustainability consultants, software modelers, design directors, manufacturing professionals, and other people doing genuinely interesting work across the design world. We'll get into everything from industrial design and manufacturing to Rhino and Grasshopper, biomimicry, sustainability, emerging tools, design leadership, and the realit...

This week we start with the viral Lexus x MSCHF collaboration — two "twisted" concept cars that spark a bigger conversation about car-deformation art history, brand collaborations, and whether corporate partnerships can still produce legitimate fine art.Then we dig into the escalating saga of Trump's DC Arch, which has evolved from a monument concept into a proposed military complex with drone launch capabilities and sniper positions — and what that says about the optics of power in

In which the two quarrelsome brothers, Hans and Schwartz, set off with a flask of holy water on a perilous journey to seek the source of the Golden River, battling natural hardships and their own exhaustion along the way. Amidst dazzling mountains and eerie glaciers, Hans’s cruel disregard for suffering leaves a shadow upon the serene alpine morning, foreshadowing a dreadful conclusion to his endeavour.

Saeema & Melisa in conversations with Lord John Bird, co- founder of The Big Issue, discussed how we tackle poverty & homelessness. Other discussions spanned from designing with wheelchair user for wheelchair users in transport, bridging anthropology and a human-centred approach in a world with AI. Prof John Clarkson, described a systems approach to ensuring the right problems are tackled for the people using and providing healthcare services. Episode10 Inclusion in Design  Prof Pat Langdon

CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026Michael Frei · ARENA PhysicaMost advances in computational design focus on mechanical structure — domains we can visualize and have evolved an intuition for. But as modern hardware becomes increasingly software defined, the unseen and unintuitive world of electromagnetism is taking center stage.Conventional solvers can simulate fields, yet they cannot imagine new ones. Over the past year, our team has been building toward that capability. At

Have you ever heard someone say, “I’m just not creative”? In this episode, I’m chatting with Scott Gordon, a brand designer who also teaches in secondary school, about whether creativity is something you’re born with or something you can learn.We talk about what happens when a student is convinced they can’t come up with ideas, why being brilliant with design software doesn’t necessarily mean the ideas will follow, and how much of brand design starts with being curious enough to really listen to a

Hello and welcome to Deck Builders Staten Island, where we talk all things outdoor living. In this episode, we answer a question many homeowners ask when they start planning a backyard upgrade: can my deck hold a hot tub? The short answer is that maybe it can, but only if the structure is designed for that kind of load from the beginning or properly reinforced for it. A filled hot tub is extremely heavy, and that weight is very different from the everyday load of people, furniture, and a grill

On Deck Builders Cleveland, we answer one of the most common planning questions for homeowners in Cleveland, OH: when is the best time of year to build a deck? The short answer is that the best time to start planning is usually before you think you need the finished space. In our climate, cold, snowy winters, freeze-thaw cycles, and humid summers all affect how a deck project is planned and scheduled, even if the finished deck is used most heavily in warm weather. That is why many homeowners in

CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026Sai Nelaturi · C-InfinityThe gap between digital design and physical assembly is not primarily a geometry problem. It is a reasoning problem. Engineering teams spend thousands of hours communicating assembly intent through manual CAD workflows, managing configuration complexity across product variants, and catching fitment and feasibility issues that could have been identified before any metal was cut. The cost is measured in weeks of

This episode is sponsored by Claude. For problems worth solving, get started with Claude at Claude.ai.The Western Electric 500 Series Telephone used to be everywhere. For over 50 years, it was the default telephone for homes, offices and literally anywhere else you might need a phone… but how did that happen? Why was this one phone so much better than everything that came before… or, in some ways, since? Former MythBuster Adam Savage joins Roman Mars to explore the history of the 500 Series

A new season is the perfect moment for a considered refresh. This episode explores the latest collection from 101 Copenhagen, available exclusively in South Africa through La Grange Interiors, a luxury furniture retailer with showrooms in Johannesburg and Cape Town. We look at how the Danish brand blends Scandinavian furniture design with Japanese minimalism, and at the new pieces joining the range. The Crown Table arrives in Caramel and the Ishi Glass Coffee Table comes in Smoked Forest, Car...

In today episode Farheen brings you the ultimate roundup of what is happening across Doha. We dive into the extended voting for the Lovin Doha Awards 2026 across culinary digital youth and community categories. We also cover an upcoming Ministry of Interior public auction a mouthwatering Friday feast at Al Hubara and a heart melting moment in the sky.