Even as the design profession is focused on inclusion,
more than 700 vendors have expressed interest in working on a border wall between the United States and Mexico. The nicer design solutions are the more insidious ones, Michael says, and they point to
the frightening power of design, where we can take a questionable idea and, through our talents and imagination, make it seem more acceptable and more appealing.Spoiler Alert: at 22:30 Michael and Jessica discuss the final episode of
Mad Men.
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Blair Kamin, Even serious designs for Trump's border wall are hard to take seriously
George Nelson, Storagewall
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Cadillac's Oscar commercial
New York, Ad-World Insiders on How the Hell That Pepsi Ad Got Made
Eric Thomas, How to make Millennials hate you, The Pepsi Way
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Nick Douglas, Free Shipping
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