2024-12-22T02:30:45-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/147205338/from-the-archives-george-nakashima-in-conversation-with-legendary-interviewer-studs-terkel Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-02-02T19:34:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/x5/x5mm8hxhezm6b17n.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Terkel interviewed creative visionaries like Buckminster Fuller, Charles Eames, Marc Chagall and Maurice Sendak. In this newly digitized clip from 1977 ... Terkel speaks to furniture designer George Nakashima, known to many as the father of the American craft movement. [...] A trained architect, Nakashima explained to Terkel why he preferred to be called a &ldquo;woodworker,&rdquo; and recalled honing carpentry skills from a master woodworker he met while interned at a camp in Idaho during World War II.</p></em><br /><br /><p>You can listen to the complete 51-minute interview on SoundCloud <a href="https://soundcloud.com/studsterkel-radio-archive/george-nakashima-talks-with-studs-terkel-on-wfmt-19771004" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>More recent news in furniture:</p><ul><li><a title="Now is the time to invest in mid-century Scandinavian furniture, experts say" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/147136266/now-is-the-time-to-invest-in-mid-century-scandinavian-furniture-experts-say" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Now is the time to invest in mid-century Scandinavian furniture, experts say</a></li><li><a title="Forget standing desks &ndash;&nbsp;just wear your chair" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/147115295/forget-standing-desks-just-wear-your-chair" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forget standing desks &ndash;&nbsp;just wear your chair</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/146210511/modular-benches-provide-maximum-functionality-and-versatility-for-lake-jasper-house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Modular benches provide maximum functionality and versatility for Lake Jasper House</a></li><li><a title="This February, Archinect is all about furniture &ndash; and we want your submissions" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/146366342/this-february-archinect-is-all-about-furniture-and-we-want-your-submissions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This February, Archinect is all about furniture &ndash; and we want your submissions</a></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/123119878/buckminster-fuller-tells-the-tale-on-his-geodesic-life-in-a-mini-storybook-style-audio-interview Justine Testado 2015-03-17T13:40:00-04:00 >2015-03-23T20:35:07-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hw/hwhcohxkvvplaxtf.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Quoted Studios&nbsp;&mdash; the creators of the acclaimed animated interview series <a href="http://blankonblank.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blank on Blank</a>&nbsp;&mdash; introduced The Experimenters, a brand new mini interview series that offers a peek into the minds of iconic figures in science, technology, and innovation. The first episode, which aired today, shines the spotlight on ol' Buckminster Fuller on His Geodesic Life. The other two episodes will feature anthropologist Jane Goodall and theoretical physicist Richard Feynman.</p><p>Like a storybook, the short film features a recorded audio interview with Bucky by renowned broadcaster <a href="http://studsterkel.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Studs Terkel</a> from 1965 and 1970. "Everyone aware of his work agrees that Buckminster Fuller is one of the original minds of our time," Terkel remarks in the introduction. Colorful animations by Jennifer Yoo accompany Fuller's distinctive run-on conversational style and maintain a sense of charm as Fuller talks about how his own environment&nbsp;&mdash; particularly his own personal struggles and painful experiences&nbsp;&mdash; catapulted his architect...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/26212/studs-on-new-orleans John Jourden 2005-10-05T11:47:00-04:00 >2016-02-02T19:38:31-05:00 <p>Social historian <a href="http://www.studsterkel.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Studs Terkel</a> talks about Jazz, New Orleans, and his journey as one of the greatest interviewer/historians of all time. <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/05/1326215" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DemNow</a></p>