Ben Uyeda
The Ben Uyeda show is weekly podcast where Ben shares his unique wisdom and insight surrounding a variety of topics. Ben Uyeda is an architect, designer, and founder of HomeMade Modern, a YouTube channel sharing modern simple DIY designs to 1.6 million+ subscribers. Ben Uyeda stepped away from the award-winning architecture firm he co-founded, as well as an Ivy League teaching position, to develop media companies that deliver affordable designs to the masses. In this podcast, Ben will share experiments, thoughts, ideas, and techniques he learns and collects through making and designing. Please leave your questions and comments below, and they will be complied into topic discussion for future episodes!
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Who are my FAVORITE designers? | Enzo Mari
This is the first episode in a series where I discuss my personal favorite designers. What is so unique and unusual about Enzo Mari is that his work is not incredibly remarkable or clever. What influenced me so greatly was his career as a whole and the ideals that drove his publishing methods. When I learned about Enzo Mari as an undergrad I was astonished by how basic his work was. It was his broader ideas about distribution that greatly influenced the way I approach sharing my own DIY designs with the masses. While I do not share most of his values, the structure of HomeMade Modern benefits directly from this legendary designer; in that, like me, he designed for people who couldn’t afford to hire him directly. Expect to learn about my underlying philosophies about craftsmanship and distribution, and how you can adapt and apply elements of this counterintuitive approach to improve your creativity and publishing methods and reach more people.
Links to books discussed in this episode:
Hammer and Nail: Making and assembling furniture designs inspired by Enzo Mari - Erik Eje Almqvist
https://a.co/d/97ViXQr
Autoprogettazione - Enzo Mari
https://a.co/d/9UGPgb1
DIY and Build videos are on Ben's main channel HomeMade Modern
https://www.youtube.com/user/HomeMadeModern
Home Building projects are on the Modern Home Project
https://www.youtube.com/@TheModernHomeProject
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