Two Designers Walk Into a Bar
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 of the Evergreen Podcasts network.
Episode 96: Elliot and MTV's The Real World
Episode 95: Return to the Mailbag
Episode 94: Iconic Music Videos - Part 2
Episode 93: Rural Electrification, Hope for Obama and Posters for Good (Classic)
Episode 92: Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Tarantula and the Amazing Art of Reynold Brown (Classic)
Episode 91: Iconic Music Videos - Part 1
Episode 90: Roller Coaster Logo Battle
Episode 89: Looking Back on Four Years
Episode 88: Talking Music Posters with Paul Hennessey
Episode 87: Gen X and the Golden Age of Magazines
Episode 86: Gen X Music Appears from Underground
Episode 85: Selling to Gen X Without Selling Out
Episode 84: Denver, Los Angeles and Stories of Designing for the Olympic Games (Classic)
Episode 83: When Gen X Came of Age
Episode 82: Riffs on Riffs Crossover
Episode 81: Fun Food Containers
Episode 80: Vernacular Architecture
Episode 79: Signs of the Times
Episode 78: The Reflex Blue Conversation
Episode 77: Hey, Nice Package!
Episode 76: The ‘80s: New Wave Gets Fashionable
Design Crimes: Comic Sans: Who’s Laughing Now?
Episode 75: The ‘80s: New Wave and the Boob Tube
Episode 74: The ‘80s: Punk Meets Tech, New Wave is Born
Episode 73: Pepsi, Tropicana and the Challenge of Good Design
Episode 72: Six Marines, One Photographer. The Story of Iwo Jima
Episode 71: The Goodyear Blimp: More Than a Bunch of Hot Air
Episode 70: Black Cats, Fireworks and Celebrating a Logo We Love
Episode 69: KISS and their Flaming Wheel of Death
Episode 68: When the Beats Moved a Generation
Episode 67: All Mascots Are Wieners in Our Eyes
Episode 66: The Failure of Google Glass
Episode 65: 1979, Disco and the Opening of Studio 54
Episode 64: Rubber Chickens vs. Whoopee Cushions
Episode 63: Charles Atlas vs. Art Instruction Schools
Episode 62: Ant Farms vs. Sea Monkeys
Episode 61: Andy Warhol: When The Factory Meets Studio 54
Episode 60: Andy Warhol: Movies Emerge from the Underground - Part 2
Episode 59: Andy Warhol: Movies Emerge from the Underground - Part 1
Episode 58: Andy Warhol: Album Covers Take a Walk on the Wild Side - Part 2
Episode 57: Andy Warhol: Album Covers Take a Walk on the Wild Side - Part 1
Bonus Episode: Nostalgia and Marketing: A Conversation with Kate Christensen
Episode 56: Andy Warhol: The Silver Wears Off The Factory - Part 2
Episode 55: Andy Warhol: The Silver Wears Off The Factory - Part 1
Episode 54: Andy Warhol: New York and Rise of The Silver Factory - Part 2
Episode 53: Andy Warhol: New York and Rise of The Silver Factory - Part 1
Episode 52: Andy Warhol: Andy Becomes the Center of Pop Life
Episode 51: Andy Warhol: The 1960s Scene and the Emergence of Pop
Episode 50: The Pepsi (Logo) Challenge
Episode 49: Listener Mail
Episode 48 1/2: The Beat Era: Frank Sinatra and His Golden…Arm?
Episode 48: The Beat Era: Beats, Beatniks and Myth vs. Reality
Episode 47: The Beat Era: Illustration and Artwork Styles with Jim Flora
Episode 46: The Beat Era: Illustration and Artwork Styles with S. Neil Fujita
Episode 45: The Beat Era: Illustration and Artwork Styles with David Stone Martin
Episode 44 1/2: The Beat Era: Andy Warhol and Jazz Albums (Bonus!)
Episode 44: The Beat Era: John Hermansader and Two Iconic Jazz Album Designs
Episode 43: The Beat Era: The Origins of the Blue Note Records “Look”
Episode 42: The Beat Era: Pollock’s Drips and How They Changed the Art World
Episode 41: The Beat Era: Kerouac’s On the Road and the Movement It Started
Season 3 Preview: The Beats, Studio 54, 80s Modern and 90s Grunge
Episode 40: Bar Snacks with Kyle Webster - Part 4 (Dire Straits, Super Mario, Street Fighter, Tennis and Alex Gross)
Episode 39: Bar Snacks with Kyle Webster - Part 3 (Mood Lighting, Bourbon, Egg Nog and A Room with a View)
Episode 38: Bar Snacks with Kyle Webster - Part 2 (Superman II, The Michelin Man, The Kool-Aid Man, Snap, Crackle and Pop, and Hanna-Barbera)
Episode 37: Bar Snacks with Kyle Webster - Part 1 (MAD Magazine, Puma and Bugs Bunny)
Episode 36: Bar Snacks with Lenny Terenzi - Part 4 (Sega, Dr. Strange, Italian Sausage, Guitar and Lowbrow Artists)
Episode 35: Bar Snacks with Lenny Terenzi - Part 3 (Vodka and Cranberry, The Finger Lakes and Iron Maiden)
Episode 34: Bar Snacks with Lenny Terenzi - Part 2 (Looney Tunes, Superman II, McDonald's Characters and Monster Cereals)
Episode 33: Bar Snacks with Lenny Terenzi - Part 1 (G.I. Joe, Disney Maps, I Love NY and Foghorn Leghorn)
Episode 32: Bar Snacks with Terry Marks - Part 4 (Steve Miller, Blue Note Records, Centipede, Meat Pies, the Fez and the Art of Alex Toth)
Episode 31: Bar Snacks with Terry Marks - Part 3 (Wine Labels, The Manhattan and Bali)
Episode 30: Bar Snacks with Terry Marks - Part 2 (Clint Eastwood, Big Boy and Space Ghost)
Episode 29: Bar Snacks with Terry Marks - Part 1 (Batman, Sinclair Oil and Calvin and Hobbes)
Episode 28: Best of Season 2 (Episodes 21 through 26)
Episode 27: Best of Season 2 (Episodes 15 through 20)
Episode 26: Hobos, Dollar Bills and Secret Codes Hidden in Plain Sight
Episode 25: Carnivalé, Six Feet Under and the Joy of Title Design
Episode 24: Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Tarantula and the Amazing Art of Reynold Brown
Episode 23: The Dead Kennedys, The Ramones and Punk Rock Logos
Episode 22: Bigfoot, Iwo Jima and the Backstories of Two Iconic Images
Episode 21: The Onion, Batman and the Joy of Well-Designed Books
Episode 20: Oranges in Syracuse, Sausages in Milwaukee and the Origin Stories of Sports Mascots
Episode 19: Switzerland, Panama, Patriotism and the Design of Flags
Episode 18: The Pink Panther, The Three Little Pigs and the Magic of Saturday Morning Cartoons
Episode 17: Denver, Los Angeles and Stories of Designing for the Olympic Games
Episode 16: American Psycho, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and a Couple of Iconic Movie Props
Episode 15: OK Soda, Google Glass and the Stories of Two Magnificent Flops
Episode 14: Best of Season 1 (Episodes 7 through 12)
Episode 13: Best of Season 1 (Episodes 1 through 6)
Episode 12: Dogs Playing Poker, Ernest P. Worrell and Pitchmen Going Pop
Episode 11: Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail Kids and the MAD Magazine Connection
Episode 10: Union 76, Holiday Inn and Signs from the Open Road
Episode 09: Goodyear’s Blimp, Pixar’s Luxo Lamp and How Objects Become Company Icons
Episode 08 1/2: The Origin Story of the Hollywood Sign
Episode 08: Ghostbusters, The Rocketeer and Logos Made for Adventure
Episode 07: Tootsie Rolls, The Dukes of Hazzard and Childhood Memories
Episode 06: Voodoo Doughnuts, Black Cat Fireworks and Other Unsung Logos
Episode 05: Rat Fink, Screaming Hands and West Coast Street Culture
Episode 04: Reddy Kilowatt, Big Boy and Advertising Mascots
Episode 03: Rural Electrification, Hope for Obama and Posters for Good
Episode 02: KISS, The Bicentennial and the Year 1976
Episode 01: MAD Magazine, Humor and Finding Pop Culture Inspiration
