About the show
A podcast from two English graphic designers. One from up North. The other one from down South.
They talk about design, illustration, technology, books and pies. Most of the time. More often than not.
Sometimes they might have guests. Sometimes, and more often than not, they won’t. But there will always be pies.
Always pies.
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Episodes and Blog Entries
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Episode 94: People are stupid
Episode | August 5th, 2019 | Season 4 | 50 mins 20 secs
design, illustration, north-v-south
A ruined building stands alone, wreathed in vines, wrapped in mystery. Its cracked portico reveals a dark and brooding entrance, occasionally brightened by a pulsing red dot of light. Inside lurks Episode 94 of the podcast that is, and isn't, about design. Lost in time. Forgotten by civilisation. Waiting. Just for you…
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Episode 93: Go outside and act like a turkey
Episode | July 5th, 2019 | Season 4 | 48 mins 4 secs
design, illustration, north-v-south
Hello. It's us again. We continue to creep towards a hundred much like Geoff Boycott in his pomp.
This week we talk about, in no particular order: model robots, LEGO Space, Worzel Gummidge, notebooks, touch typing, Mac Pro, sweet wrappers, knots, the evils of social media, and, biensûr, pies.
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Episode 92: Back to the fog and bad food
Episode | May 29th, 2019 | Season 4 | 52 mins 8 secs
design, illustration, north-v-south
Roll up, roll up. Listen to a dog drinking beer. From Belgium. The beer, that is. The dog's from England, mate. In other news: Panic's Playdate, BT's new look, Manga at the British something or other, Microsoft browsers, Shanghai bookshops, and, naturellement, pies.
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Episode 91: Why, why, why, why, why, why
Episode | May 10th, 2019 | Season 4 | 51 mins 9 secs
design, illustration, north-v-south
This week's podcast focuses on things we make that have no real worth. Many would say that covers this podcast and they're probably right.
We look at recent news items that follow this trend; such as re-edits of 42-year-old children's films, speculative architectural visualisations, and self-digitising notebooks. "Why, why, why, why, why?", asks one of our hosts.
But without making things that seemingly have no worth, how would we end up with beauties like x6udpngx?
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Episode 90: Zombie Pie
Episode | April 26th, 2019 | Season 4 | 59 mins 51 secs
design, illustration, north-v-south
Welcome to the first episode in a new series of North V South: the podcast that is, and isn't, about design.
We're talking taking breaks, blue plaques, iMacs, Kellog's, Capcom and Hellboy, among many other bits and bobs of design-related ephemera. Give us a whirl. You never know, you might like it.
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Episode 89: Cheese and kimchee
Episode | February 15th, 2019 | Season 3 | 58 mins 2 secs
design, illustration, north-v-south
This week's episode involves an almost 100% news-free mega rant which spirals off into Jodorowsky's Dune, wordless novels, giant spiders, martinis and, of course, pies.
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Episode 88: Mutually Sporadic
Episode | February 8th, 2019 | Season 3 | 1 hr 8 secs
design, illustration, north-v-south
This week the chaps take a gander at the new ultra-post-rationalised Netflix ident, a risable Walkers crisp packet redesign, a Linea Sketch review, and Phillip Sulke's superb tanker photography.
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Episode 87: Moldy Warp Speed
Episode | January 25th, 2019 | Season 3 | 53 mins
design, illustration, north-v-south
Comics / Tabletop Games / Slack Attacks / Elastic Brand Podcast / Dieter Rams / Pies and more…
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Episode 86: From the depths of my chest freezer
Episode | October 31st, 2018 | Season 3 | 1 hr 9 mins
design, horror, illustration, north-v-south
It's Hallowe'en and the portal has opened between the now and the never never. But enough about Rob's bowel movements…
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Episode 85: Bollocky font stuff
Episode | October 22nd, 2018 | Season 3 | 1 hr 5 secs
design, illustration, north-v-south
This week's episode of the podcast that is and isn't about design brings you forgettable fonts, silly phones, easter eggs, Inktober, and an adieu to Carlos Esquerra.
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Episode 84: I'm not a dunker
Episode | September 28th, 2018 | Season 3 | 1 hr 10 mins
design, illustration, north-v-south
Rob and Jon ask if design can save retail? Can design save anything at all? They do their best to obfuscate the entire debate.
News includes Apple (briefly, you'll be relieved to hear), a new map of Antarctica, Fontsmith's new catalogue, kitbashed spaceships, octogenarian fashion models, Incompuito buildings and a new New Adventures Conference.
Pies are consumed like the greedy capitalist pigs we are.
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Episode 83: Read this panel next, dummy!
Episode | August 30th, 2018 | Season 3 | 1 hr 29 mins
design, illustration, north-v-south, special-guest
This week our very special guest is Dan Berry: host of the wonderful podcast Make It Then Tell Everybody. Dan is also a comic artist, teacher, pen whittler, desk collector, and log cabin dweller.
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Episode 82: A slipper of a podcast
Episode | August 27th, 2018 | Season 3 | 52 mins 19 secs
design, illustration, north-v-south
We're back again,
with a hiatus haiku.
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Episode 81: The one with Mark
Episode | June 20th, 2018 | Season 3 | 1 hr 12 mins
design, illustration, north-v-south, special-guest
We're delighted to have another special guest on the show. This time it's Mark Phoenix, web developer and co-host of the excellent Relative Paths podcast. He talks to us from underneath his secret blanket den in Cheltenham about his career in code.
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Episode 80: The cross-section of a Damien Hirst
Episode | June 13th, 2018 | Season 3 | 54 mins 59 secs
design, illustration, north-v-south
In this episode Jon is at a crossroads and Rob is generally cross with anything to do with crossing London.
What time is love? No one knows, now we're all wearing Nuncs. Also with Roger Dean, Atari and Bill Gold, it's like the Seventies never went away.
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Episode 79: The one with Ben the Illustrator
Episode | May 21st, 2018 | Season 3 | 1 hr 7 mins
design, illustration, north-v-south, special-guest
This week we are joined by special guest and master of the Bézier curve, Ben the Illustrator. We talk to him about his career in illustration, his creative process, his plans for the future, and why social media should be a two-way conversation.