New Projections

An amazing story of a promising architecture student who loses everything as war sweeps across his country, and restarts life in America, just as a new tech region of Silicon Valley begins to grow

Out of the dynamic growth of Silicon Valley came a new field of Biotech that would begin to outpace its technical field of origin. Even as people speak of the end of Moore's law and the slowing of tech development, it seems biotech just grows and innovates more quickly.   Today's guest, Terry Guyer, was not only first hand for the growth of these industries, but met and painted portraits of many of the titans of technology, medicine and biology. From the aforementioned Gordon Moore, to Steve Wozniak, or Ray Kurzweil, Terry Guyer has spent time with them all. Most of all, Guyer was the maker of a series of maps that showed the growing Biotech industry from California to the East Coast and up to Canada.

From a lifetime of practical experience in community work, wrestling with the structures that form and direct peoples, Frank Romo (https://www.romogis.com/)has had an expanding perspective on the human experience. In this conversation we get to discuss his landmark, interactive "Black Lives Matter Map" (https://blm-map.com/), as well as his background and works such as the "Murals In Detroit" ( https://muralsindetroit.com/)

A young employee at the Harris Seybold printing company always loved those framed paintings of classic books. They hung in the offices, those original paintings, and were mostly done by artist and illustrator Everett Henry. They were extraordinary in their visual ability to represent the geography, plot and drama of a story in a single visual. Everett Henry literally could convert a book into a type of map. This young employee, Rich Foley, spent years at the company, and as the business changed ownership, he always kept tabs on what happened to those painting. He always made sure new management knew their story and that they were important... and should end up in a good home. Even in retirement he never let go, but made sure that eventually they made it home, to the Library of Congress. "They now belong to the American people". To see more ...https://bit.ly/3m6Xhmu

Drawing on a whimsical approach to depicting areas, Kirby Scudder has tapped into a greater depth and continues the tradition of the American Birds Eye View map. Here we chat with him about his early work for the Tech Regions around Boston with "Route 128" as well as his early Silicon Valley. Visit him at www.kirbyscudder.com

With its roots back to the 1870's the Kroll Map Company has been a regional mapmaker that adapted and grew, just like its home town of Seattle. Here, we get to speak with John Loacker, the third generation owner of the company about its history, its evolution and its future. In conversation we learn about their work throughout the Pacific Northwest, and their deep "Passion for Place"

While you might know his for a series of maps that looked at Sports history from Baseball, Football, Golf, and more. You really know, and believe his work from movies such as "Return of the Jedi", "The Goonies", "E.T." and more. Here a discussion with Frank Ordaz about his work and how it began with a transcendent moment.

He is your visual guide to understanding the slopes, and his work has taken him around the globe. Here an interview with James Niehues about his history, his process and how to capture the drama of a mountain experience and make it accessible.

He was a artist and illustrator active in the Bay Area as the Silicon Valley phenomena began to bloom, and his map may be one of the first to document it. A discussion with Corbin Hillam about his work and culture of early 80's Bay Area culture. While you listen, you can review the map through the David Rumsey Map Collection... https://bit.ly/2Y77Afj

An old quote claims that "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"... in other words some things don't translate. But one artist with a unique process and history has found a work around. Emek Golan has done album covers, artwork and posters for some of the most influential artists of the time, and is known visualizations that go deeper and catch some of the intangible qualities that make artists unique. Visit Emek at Emek.net

The making of data driven beauty. Maximilian Noichl centers in the world of philosophy, and with an elegant aesthetic he draws on influences like Japanese artist Numata Kashu. The end result is a mesh of two worlds, one of subtlety and texture, and another of very binary data which render into a series of visualizations that are accessible and defining. Its engaging work that brings floods of data into enjoyable waves. Discussion of the "Structures of Philosophy" begins... 7:50 https://homepage.univie.ac.at/noichlm94/posts/structure-of-recent-philosophy-iii/ Discussion of "That's a Lot of Psychology" 13:20 https://homepage.univie.ac.at/noichlm94/posts/citlargepsy/ "Relations in Hellenistic Philosophy" 17:00 https://homepage.univie.ac.at/noichlm94/posts/greeks/

He's the renegade artist that has lived life on his own terms and made art free of sophistication and pretense, but packed with life and "low brow" ethos. Part of the group that founded Zap Comics in the late 1960's, one time artist for Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, and the founder of Juxtapoz magazine. While it was assured that he'd never be part of the established art world, by 2010, his skill and body of work got him into the prestigious Whitney Biennial. It's a great honor and fun moment to speak with Robert Williams

An interview with the Daughter & Son of Clyde W. Tombaugh, the discoverer of planet Pluto. Annette and Alden Tombaugh discuss their father's life, discoveries, his curiosity and patient determination.

Within the last several decades, great leaps of understanding have occurred around how humans navigate their environment and what mechanisms in the brain allow this elegant understanding. This interview with Dr Marius Bauza gives us an update on the latest discoveries and clarity on the foundation understanding of the Hippocampus, the source of human GPS

In what may be the first depiction of the newly developing invisible world of the internet, Timothy Downs made images to help people explore and navigate the new digital frontiers. In the early 1990's his love of electronics and his refined ability to illustrate combined to unveil new technologies and demystify an opaque world of computing.

She was the first to make a map of the complex eco-system of businesses that would become the garden of Eden for the Internet age, Silicon Valley. At the time she described the energy of the south bay area communities as volcanic, as the land swelled with new ideas and potentials. And its Maryanne Hoburg's map that captures a glimpse of that complex world that was gathering momentum. This is part of a conversation we were privileged to have with that warm, creative soul, Maryanne Hoburg.