{"podcast":{"title":"Design Freaks","slug":"design-freaks-238113","podcast_index_feed_id":238113,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/design-freaks/","website_url":"https://www.designfreakspodcast.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/14cb9a03-ca42-46f8-89c9-045e3cdd7275/60854458c4d1acdf4e1c2f79c4137142d85d78e379bdafbd69bd34c85f5819ad.jpg","author":"Design Freaks","episode_count":81,"summary":"Stories behind music industry art & design: RECORD COVERS • GRAPHIC DESIGN • MUSIC HISTORY","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T16:20:31.882948+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-freaks-238113"},"episode":{"title":"DFCAC - Aquemini","slug":"dfcac-aquemini","published_at":"2023-06-02T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-freaks-238113/dfcac-aquemini","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-freaks-238113","url":"https://www.designfreakspodcast.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/89e1437e-64dc-4cad-8d5e-c472730c9022.mp3","summary":"In this episode, I explore the artwork for Outkast's 3rd album, Aquemini! Illustrator Gregory Hawkins' artistic journey from Columbus Ohio to Atlanta, Midnight Star's Freak-a-Zoids, the phone call of destiny, cosmic portals and hieroglyphs inspired by Sun Ra, an unexpected prog rock sample and way more! Thank you for tuning in! Follow the show: @_designfreakspodcast_Link Tree Design Freaks on YouTube~~Designfreakspodcast.comRuinousmedia.com~~Donate to help with recording costs Thank you!~~Theme music: \"Jet in Jungle\" by Damaged Bug, courtesy of John Dwyer SOURCES: https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/entertainment/arts/2022/03/02/how-columbus-native-created-album-cover-outkasts-aquemini/9347427002/ https://www.theroot.com/28-days-of-album-cover-blackness-with-vsb-day-16-outk-1846278367 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquemini https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/design/sound-and-vision-outkast-s-aquemini-and-an-interview-with-creative-director-dl-warfield/ https://www.discogs.com/release/363625-OutKast-Aquemini Support the show","meta_description":"In this episode, I explore the artwork for Outkast's 3rd album, Aquemini! Illustrator Gregory Hawkins' artistic journey from Columbus Ohio to Atlanta, Mid…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1712,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/design-freaks-238113/episodes/dfcac-aquemini/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-freaks-238113/dfcac-aquemini.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}