Bill's Design Talks, a vibrant conversation and presentation series moderated by Cooper-Hewitt director Bill Moggridge, resumes in February and continues through June at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at New York Public Radio.
"We want to bring the most interesting designers to our audience in the Greene Space and online to find out what they do, what they think and who they are," said Moggridge.
Among the featured guests in 2012 will be art critic Jed Perl, Robert Wong of Google Creative Lab, product designer Scott Wilson of Minimal and landscape architect Walter Hood. All programs will be webcast live, allowing viewers from across the world to learn from some of the brightest design minds in the industry.
Jed Perl, art critic for The New Republic, will be the featured speaker in a program celebrating the late Eva Zeisel's life and legacy, Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. The 105-year-old designer who passed away in December 2011 had an extraordinary career, spanning nine decades and producing highly recognizable domestic items that changed the way Americans set their tables and furnished their homes. Designers James Klein and David Reid, who collaborated closely with Zeisel on a series of ceramics and prints, will also join the discussion.
Robert Wong will speak about his work and life as Creative Director of Google Creative Lab in New York, Feb. 23 at 6:30 p.m. At Google Creative Lab, Wong leads a team that constantly finds new ways to communicate Google's innovations to end users.