Podcast appearances and mentions of mike essl

Special guest Mike Essl joins the program. He's the dean of the Cooper Union School of Art in New York, and we discuss the role and importance of formal education in the design world today.

Special guest Mike Essl joins the program. He's the dean of the Cooper Union School of Art in New York, and we discuss the role and importance of formal education in the design world today.

Mike Essl is dean and associate professor at Cooper Union. He co-founded the design firm The Chopping Block, worked at Mule Design, and has taught at Parsons School of Design and School of Visual Arts. In this episode, we talk about disciplinary boundaries in design education, how teaching reignited his love for design, and why Cooper Union changed his life. Links from this episode can be found at scratchingthesurface.fm/185-mike-essl.

Mike Essl, Dean at Cooper Union School of Art in New York, is Jeffrey Zeldman's guest. Topics: The designer as hobbyist. “I was an expert witness for the Associated Press.” Design is a machine. Working in a comic book store. The Cooper Union coincidences. Web design in 1995 versus today. New York design versus San Francisco design. Systems making versus picture making. Kind of Bloop. Links for this episode:Mike EsslMike Essl (@essl) | TwitterWelcome | The Cooper UnionBorn in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop: Johan Kugelberg, Joe Conzo, Afrika Bambaataa, Buddy Esquire, Jeff Chang: 9780789315403: Amazon.com: BooksAmazon.com: Watching the Watchmen (9781848560413): Dave Gibbons: BooksThe Chopping Block, Inc :: World Domination Through Graphic Design

Mike Essl, Dean at Cooper Union School of Art in New York, is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Topics: The designer as hobbyist. “I was an expert witness for the Associated Press.” Design is a machine. Working in a comic book store. The Cooper Union coincidences. Web design in 1995 versus today. New York design versus San Francisco design. Systems making versus picture making. Kind of Bloop.

It's Bullpen Bulletins redux (almost) as we launch into Squadron Sinister #1 by Marc Guggenheim, Carlos Pacheco, Mariano Taibo, and Frank Martin, Punisher #19 by Nathan Edmondson, Mich Gerads, and Andy W, Clift, Infinity Gauntlet #2 by Dustin Weaver and Gerry Duggan, New Universe, the Shadowline Saga, Moon Knight #16 and Cullen Bunn, West Coast Avengers by Steve Englehart, Al Milgrom, Richard Howell, Andy Mushynsky, Joe Sinnott, and maybe Don Simpson, E Is for Extinction #1, Watching the Watchmen: The Definitive Companion to the Ultimate Graphic Novel by Dave Gibbons, Chip Kidd, and Mike Essl, William Shakespeare's Star Wars (Verily, a New Hope) by Ian Doescher, Superman, and a whole mess more!

On this episode we caught up with Mike Essl: designer, artist, Mr. T memorabilia collector. We talk about Mike's personal story as a designer, Cooper Union, and yes, we chat comics.

Mike Essl joins us to discuss how the insane shenanigans at Cooper Union are affecting students. And also talk comic books. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lets-make-mistakes/message

Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin are joined by Mike Essl to discuss Mr. T, combining print and digital content, being Comic Book Guy in the age of eBooks, the past and future of proprietary platforms in publishing, and Mike's fully wearable shirt empire. Links for this episode:Blog of the Nerduo1.21 Jiggawatts – My Trilogy Kicks Your Trilogy's Ass and Jigga What? by NerduoMr. T and MeME/AT — The Studio of Mike Essl and Alexander Tochilovsky — 212.473.2001Amazon.com: Weirdo Deluxe: The Wild World of Pop Surrealism & Lowbrow Art (9780811842419): Matt Dukes Jordan: BooksAmazon.com: Watching the Watchmen: The Definitive Companion to the Ultimate Graphic Novel (9781848560413): Dave Gibbons, Chip Kidd, Mike Essl: BooksAmazon.com: The Art of Superman Returns (9780811853446): Daniel Wallace, Bryan Singer: BooksAmazon.com: Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation (0082169510439): Owen Briggs, Steve Champeon, Eric Costello, Matthew Patterson: BooksAmazon.com: Web Designer's Guide to Style Sheets (9781568303062): Steven Mulder: Booksnerduo (nerduo) on TwitterMike Essl (essl) on TwitterSponsored by Sound Studio 4 and MailChimp.

Jeffrey Zeldman and Dan Benjamin are joined by Mike Essl to discuss Mr. T, combining print and digital content, being Comic Book Guy in the age of eBooks, the past and future of proprietary platforms in publishing, and Mike's fully wearable shirt empire.

How Mr. T kept Mike Essl off drugs, and changed his life forever.

Designers Marc Alt, Mike Essl, Alberto Rigau and others.

Designers Marc Alt, Mike Essl, Alberto Rigau and others.