We're taking the summer off from new episodes but will be resharing some old favorites from the archive over the next few months! First up, we revisit our 2017 conversation with Pentagram partner Abbott Miller! 🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/post/1612661...

For the final episode of our Spring season, Jarrett talks with Pentagram partner and information designer Giorgia Lupi about about the evolution of how we talk about data and how the COVID-19 pandemic changed how she thought about data and her work. 🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/290

On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Studio Folder co-founder and Design Academy Eindhoven Information Design head Marco Ferrari to talk about information design, the politics of data visualization, and how to engage in new forms of visual research. 🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/289-marco-fe...

On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by MASS Design Group's Alan Ricks and Sierra Bainbridge to talk about about MASS’s structure as a non-profit and why design should not be about minimizing harm but rather maximizing abundance. 🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/288-alan-ric...

288. Alan Ricks & Sierra Bainbridge

Alan Ricks and Sierra Bainbridge are founding members of Model of Architecture Serving Society (MASS). Alan, an architect and co-executive director, and Sierra, director of the Landscape Studio and Ab...

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Here @jeremytill.bsky.social & Tatjana Schneider—as members of the MOULD research collective—spoke at @surfacepodcast.bsky.social about their/(our) book, 'Architecture is Climate,' looks at the engagements of architecture with climate, politics, economics, social justice. #PrintedMatterMatters

287. Jeremy Till & Tatjana Schneider

Jeremy Till and Tatjana Schneider are architects, educators, writers, and researchers. With their research collective Mould, they are co-authors of the new book, Architecture is Climate that re-examin...

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On today's episode, Jarrett is joined by Jeremy Till and Tatjana Schneider of the Mould Collective to talk about their important new book, Architecture is Climate! 🎧 Listen here: scratchingthesurface.fm/287-jeremy-t...

In this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Heidi Korsavong and Benjamin Critton, co-founders of the LA-based gallery @marta.losangeles! 🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/286-heidi-ko...

On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Canadian Center for Architecture director Giovanna Borasi to talk about the CCA’s mission and history and why she’s interested in the confusion that comes with blurring disciplinary boundaries. 🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/285-giovanna...

On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Walter Hood to talk about thinking of landscapes as a medium, his interest in subverting typologies, and why he refers to his work as a cultural practice. 🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/284-walter-h...

On this week's episode, Jarrett talks with graphic designer and writer Oliver Munday about his first book of fiction, the short story collection "Head of Household"! 🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/283-oliver-m...

In our latest episode, Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter of Honey & Bunny talk to Jarrett Fuller about how food is a design object that can explore the complex systems that influence our lives. 🎧 Listen: scratchingthesurface.fm/282-sonja-st...

On today's episode, Jarrett is joined by Honey and Bunny's Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter to talk about about the origins of food design, what they learned from Hans Hollein, and why food is the most important design object. 🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/282-sonja-st...

Today on our Substack, we're featuring Sightlines, a new book series from MACK Books, that features short books on architecture from a particular point of view. surfacepodcast.substack.com/p/sightlines...

Sightlines, a new book series, features essays on architecture from a particular point of view

MACK, the famed photo book publishers, are launching a new series of short books on architecture.

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In our latest episode, designer and educator Otto von Busch talks about the hypocrisy (and his place in it) of design academia that he explores in his provocative new book, The Design Comedy. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/281-otto-von...

On this week's episode, Jarrett is joined by Otto von Busch to talk about his new book, The Design Comedy, and its analysis of the state of design, the value of making in design education, and the relationship between design practice and design theory. 🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/281-otto-von...

Today in our members-only newsletter, we have a new interview with Vishaan Chakrabarti reflecting on the first ten years of PAU, the studio he founded to bridge architecture and urbanism. 📖 Link to the interview and to sign up: surfacepodcast.substack.com/p/vishaan-ch...

In our latest episode, @ghostlyint.bsky.social founder Sam Valenti IV talks to @jarrettfuller.bsky.social about the relationship between design and music and design's impact on the wider culture! 🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/280-sam-vale...

In our first episode of the new year, Jarrett is joined by @ghostlyint.bsky.social founder Sam Valenti IV to talk about how music and design shape culture. 🎧 Listen to the conversation: scratchingthesurface.fm/280-sam-vale...

On today's episode, @jarrettfuller.bsky.social talks with architectural writer, editor, teacher, and critic Thomas Weaver about how do get more interesting design writing! 🎧 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/279-thomas-w...

To celebrate our ninth year (!) of production, we're going to close out 2025 with a special bonus episode where Jarrett Fuller will be answering your questions! Send in your questions — either by replying here or DM — by 12/19 and we'll sort through the best for Jarrett to answer.

Today in our members-only newsletter, we have a new interview with Michael Bierut about Theo Crosby, one of the five original @pentagramdesign.bsky.social partners who would have turned 100 this year. surfacepodcast.substack.com/p/michael-bi...

On this week's episode, Jarrett talks with Carlo Ratti, curator of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale about the exhibitions, intelligences, and the senseable city! 🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/278-carlo-ra...

In our latest episode, Maggie Gram talks about how we turn to design in times of crisis and how she's hopeful design can shift to meet this moment. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/277-maggie-g...

In our latest episode, Maggie Grams talks about her new book, The Invention of Design, and how our understanding of it has shifted through various movements over the last century. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/277-maggie-g...

On this week's episode, Jarrett Fuller is joined by designer and historian Maggie Gram to talk about her new book, The Invention of Design! 👉 Listen to the episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/277-maggie-g...

Today in our members-only newsletter, we have a new interview with Julia Watson about her new book, LO-TEK — Water: A Field Guide for TEKnology. 👉 surfacepodcast.substack.com/p/julia-wats...

In our latest episode, WORKac's Amale Andraos and Dan Wood talk about the civic dimension of their work and how buildings are always in dialogue with their surroundings. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: scratchingthesurface.fm/276-amale-an...

Today on our site, James Dyer reviews the first book from Mubi's new publishing imprint, Mubi Editions: Read Frame Type Film, a survey of how typography has been used in film. 👉 scratchingthesurface.fm/stories/mubi...

In our latest episode, WORKac's Amale Andraos and Dan Wood talk about how the building as a form is still an ideal site to explore a range of ideas at a range of scales. scratchingthesurface.fm/276-amale-an...

On this week's episode, @jarrettfuller.bsky.social is joined by WORKac's Amale Andraos and Dan Wood to talk about the threads that connect their body of work, the role of publishing in the studio, and why they think of their work as “pop”. 🎧 scratchingthesurface.fm/276-amale-an...