When a designer meets a social worker, with Tucker Viemeister




Designing For Humanity show

Summary: For Tucker Viemeister, there’s never been a separation between the making side of design and the social side. “It all boils down to how people treat each other,” he tells us in this episode, along with a variety of insights and stories from his famed design career, including the backstory of the award-winning Oxo Good Grips kitchen tools and why optimism is such an important quality for designers. Tucker founded some of the most influential design businesses in the world today, such as Frog Design and Smart Design. He holds 32 patents, and his work can be found in permanent museum collections around the world—and at www.tuckerviemeister.com