eyes & ears
3rd Year Students Dayna Helem (Ara) and Quintin Blaas (VUW) share their helpful resources, sourced over the years of their studies.
Decision anxiety is something we face, whether it’s blueberry or raspberry, it’s matters of taste. If you’re like us, we take suggestions as a must, to trust, and bust our conscious brains to mush. With the constant pursuit of the next big thing, below are lists of our inner mind bling.
Online content while you work/walk/wake is something becoming so normalised it’s hard to choose where to go:
Do I listen to a podcast?
How long is the book?
Is it worth watching?
We have broken down our recent findings to give a small bio so you can spend your time wisely. Click on the image to take you to links
Talking Practice - Harvard Graduate School of Design
QB - This is something I like to slide on when I’m cooking up dinner, with the headphones on, it lets me listen to David Chipperfield’s life story from the man’s mouth to my ears, all while slicing up the brown onion for soup. The format is around 1 hour long, but can be listened to in sections, like your bedside book.
Design and Architecture - KCRW
QB - Short form informative and topical weekly podcast dives to depths of relatable material. From the perspectives of LA.,I find it a clean insight into scope coming from across the ditch as Frances Adderton takes me on a whirlwind journey.
76 Small Rooms
DH - A local podcast from Jeremy Hansen, Natasha Markham, Mat Brown and Richard Archbold. An interesting outlook on the future of the profession as well as hearing from both kiwi and overseas talent. Particularly loved the interview with Matt Liggins explaining his pathway through the profession, as well as the in-conversation with local photographer David Straight.
Face to Face - Dezeen
QB - One of the favourites, it brings to the microphone some of the biggest names in design. It’s as conventional as taking your grandmother in a roller-coaster. Pure discussions about why we do what we do, and how some of the names and figures we’ve come to love got where they are.
Today, Explained - Vox
QB - If I pop out for a short stroll and feel like catching up on some topical news, this is where I head. The renowned investigative journalists Vox dice quick 30min talks with specialists about global news and politics.. “News comes at you fast. Join us at the end of your day to understand it.”
Making Sense Podcast - Sam Harris
QB - The quality long-form podcast out there. Early episodes are free full length, however, recently have been shortened with the need to subscribe through his website. This is free, and takes 2 minutes to register through the website. One of my weekly listens.
Desert Island Discs - BBC
QB - Time behind the wheel or on the handlebars has me reaching play on one of these, over 80 years of recorded interviews are a god-send for any occasion. From the likes of Sir Edmund Hillary to Zaha Hadid, there is nothing which compares, and I’m forever grateful for finding, a recommendation to everyone.
