HM A-LIST: Episode 1: Tucker Viemeister
Posted: April 14th, 2009 | Author: msh | Filed under: HM A-List | Tags: design, video | 4 Comments »The Helen Marie A-List is a video interview series, featuring creative thinkers who are using design and code to produce engaging experiences. We’ll shine the spotlight on artists and developers and everyone in between. The “A” in HMA-List does not stand for alpha or first but authentic.
Check back next month for a new installment.
Tucker Viemeister is Lab Chief, heading research and development at Rockwell Group. The Lab recently made an interactive introduction installation for the Venice Architecture Biennale. He was a founder of Smart Design where he helped design the widely acclaimed OXO “GoodGrips” kitchen tools. He also was president of Springtime-USA, a partnership with the Dutch industrial design company, he helped to found Razorfish’s physical design capability and frogdesign’s New York office.
A graduate from Pratt Institute, Viemeister has worked for clients like Apple, Corning, Gap, J&J, Jet Blue, P&G, McDonald’s, Timex, Levi’s, Motorola, Vodaphone, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Nike, Toyota, Viking, and Kate Spade. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Architectural League of New York, chair of the Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund, president of the International Design Network Foundation He was called “scruffy brand-meister” by the Architect’s Newspaper (2/06) and New York Magazine selected him as a “Living Design Innovator” (10/29/07). He teaches at NYU’s ITP, holds 32 US Utility Patents and was named after a car.
I work so closely with Tucker and have been for over four years. I consider myself lucky to have finally come to the point that I think I can begin to channel him. He’s taught me that play is the secret ingredient and to listen carefully, fuck the rules and make what you what to see and put it out there and see how far it flies. His charm comes from his absolute honesty; but what people also sense is his humanity, I think this is what sets him apart from other thinkers and creatives. He’s ruthlessly human.
NICE! Congratulations on getting this up. I look forward to future episodes.
This is really interesting, and I love the feel of the interview. Can’t wait for the next one!
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