Randy Nakamura's guest appearances

Randy Nakamura

Scratching the Surface

Michael Bierut

Kurt Andersen

Chris Lee

Rob Walker

Andrew Blauvelt

Khoi Vinh

Manuel Lima

Paul Ford

Allison Arieff

Kate Wagner

Steven Heller

Paola Antonelli

Matthew Stuart

Liz Danzico

Rosanne Somerson

OwlTail

Randy Nakamura is a designer, researcher, and one of my favorite writers from Emigre. His writing has appeared in Design Observer, Emigre, Task, Modes of Criticism, and Idea Magazine and he's worked as a designer at Jon Sueda's studio, Stripe, and served as design director at The Grateful Palate. He's currently at PhD candidate in the Critical Studies program at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design. In this rare interview, I talk with Randy about his journey from biology to design, how he started writing for Emigre, the similarities between architecture and design criticism, and how the design discourse has changed over his career. Links from this episode can be found at scratchingthesurface.fm.

Randy Nakamura is a designer, researcher, and one of my favorite writers from Emigre. His writing has appeared in Design Observer, Emigre, Task, Modes of Criticism, and Idea Magazine and he's worked as a designer at Jon Sueda's studio, Stripe, and served as design director at The Grateful Palate. He's currently at PhD candidate in the Critical Studies program at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design. In this rare interview, I talk with Randy about his journey from biology to design, how he started writing for Emigre, the similarities between architecture and design criticism, and how the design discourse has changed over his career. Links from this episode can be found at <a href="http://scratchingthesurface.fm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">scratchingthesurface.fm</a>.

25. Randy Nakamura