About Educated Guess :: A Liberal Arts School for the Future
Educated Guess (EG) is a research and design organization concerned with humanity's relationship to machines, images, and cities.
Conceived in 2018 as a "liberal arts school for everyday people", Educated Guess garnered attention initially through this public lecture series. Serving over 45,000 humans across 18 countries, the series (archived in 2022) covers topics of personal growth, design practice, and art history. These lectures have been consumed virtually and collectively–resulting in collaborations with Adidas, School, Research + Development, Soho House, A Ma Maniere, SVA, ADF, et al.
Leaning Into the Mundane (ft. Lütjens Padmanabhan) | Ep. 221
Lütjens Padmanabhan Architekten was established by Oliver Lütjens and Thomas Padmanabhan in 2007. The recent work of the practice focuses on housing in the residential districts surrounding the cities of Zürich, Basel and Munich.
Despite their love for a more refined, urbane architecture, Oliver Lütjens and Thomas Padmanabhan have light-heartedly embraced the fact that most of their commissions are set in the mundane anonymity of suburbia. Their interest in complex architectural expression has distanced the practice from the craft-oriented mainstream of Swiss architecture.
The current projects explore the impossible task of reconciling the autonomy of the exterior facade with the typological uncertainty of interior spaces and loose urban contexts.
After teaching assignments at ETH Zürich and TU Munich Oliver Lütjens and Thomas Padmanabhan are currently teaching as guest professors at EPF Lausanne.
5 Nov 2021
A New Model for Design Studios (ft. UnderConsideration, LLC.) | Ep. 220
Established in 2007, UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating their own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work.
Since 2002, they have been publishing content online, starting with the design blog Speak Up, that ran through 2009 and was one of the most active, entertaining, and well-regarded blogs, even earning a spot in the Cooper-Hewitt’s National Design Triennial in 2006 — the only blog included in the exhibition.
Their most popular blog, Brand New, was launched in 2006 and has grown to be the leading site for opinions on logo and identity redesigns with a readership of over 1.25 million page views a month and, like its predecessor, it was also the only blog included in Graphic Design: Now in Production, co-organized by the Walker Art Center and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Active blogs in their network include Art of the Menu, FPO (For Print Only), and Quipsologies.
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29 Oct 2021
When the Message is Beyond the Medium (ft. Robert Newman) | Ep. 219
Robert Newman is a painter, director, and designer. After graduating from Morehouse College in 2014, Robert moved to Harlem to continue both his career as an artist and his career on Wall Street (Morgan Stanley and Neuberger Berman).
His work has been featured in galleries, events, and museums across the city of New York and internationally. In addition to producing his own shows, he has also worked with a number of global organizations to advance the arts. Some of the organizations include, but aren't limited to:
Verizon Media
The Museum at Fit
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of NYC
Broadway Advocacy Coalition
Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
And More
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Inside a recent episode
Are You Being Effective or Just Efficient? (ft. Josh Davis, PhD) | Ep. 45
Published 15 Feb 2019 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And if your work is art, it's the same thing that this is true for creative work as well as analytical work. Right. Now, there are some differences. There are some things that research shows will be beneficial for creative kinds of thinking versus analytical, but the general idea of thinking about what's the stuff that really matters, right? What's game time for me, right? And having that metaphor, if you're someone who gets into sports, game time is like, I think the best way to think about it. Of course, you're going to make sure that you're ready for game time, right? You're not just going to wander onto the court after not sleeping enough or right after drinking or something, right? […]
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