{"podcast":{"title":"DESIGNERS ON FILM","slug":"designers-on-film-6968004","podcast_index_feed_id":6968004,"rss_url":"https://designersonfilm.squarespace.com/podcast?format=rss","website_url":"https://www.designersonfilm.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/664fd937f940ef0a63294495/1722292676615-S6XTOC4RK8DU0CZW4393/designers_on_film_2024_aug_ctr.png?format=1500w","author":"Jason Tselentis","episode_count":109,"summary":"Every episode, host Jason Tselentis speaks with a phenomenal guest, usually a designer, about their favorite movie. It might be worth watching over and over, and over again. Maybe it left them with more questions than answers, or a lingering feeling. Learn about art direction and set design, cinematography and performance, casting and screenwriting, acting and costume design, makeup and music, as well as advertising, marketing, media, technology, unforgettable quotes, and so much more. Whether or not you are a designer, you will enjoy every revealing conversation that explores creativity and strategy, perseverance and leadership, craft and style.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/designers-on-film-6968004"},"episode":{"title":"Working Girl (1988) with Karen Cheng [more thoughts]","slug":"working-girl-1988-with-karen-cheng-more-thoughts","published_at":"2026-04-30T08:20:35+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/designers-on-film-6968004/working-girl-1988-with-karen-cheng-more-thoughts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/designers-on-film-6968004","url":"https://www.designersonfilm.com/podcast/working-girl-1988-with-karen-cheng-more-thoughts","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/664fd937f940ef0a63294495/t/69f2b38b58be946480ed8d96/1777513369786/02-042-working-girl-1988-bonus.mp3","summary":"In this bonus episode, Professor Karen Cheng shares more thoughts about Working Girl (1988), a movie she loves. We discuss the cinematography, Harrison Ford's character, and other movies that would pair well with Working Girl for a potential double feature. - Cheng is the author of Designing Type, a comprehensive, systematic guide to the design of letters, published by Yale University Press. Since its initial publication in 2006, Designing Type has been translated into German, Spanish, French, Ukrainian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean, and it has been ranked #14 on a list of \"Top 50 Typography Books of the Last 50 Years\" in the journal Visible Language. As a researcher, Cheng has investigated how scientists can collaborate with designers to aid public and interdisciplinary communication. She is co-author of the widely referenced \"A Brief Guide to Designing Effective Figures for the Scientific Paper\" and has published on the positive impact of visual design on scientific communication and the role of visual design critiques in research practice, in the Information Design Journal. Cheng holds a Master's Degree in Design from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning and an Honors Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Penn State. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Washington in 1997, she worked in Brand Management at Procter & Gamble. https://art.washington.edu/people/karen-cheng https://vimeo.com/52861172 Designing Type https://amzn.to/4dZeNYv - Working Girl (1988) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096463/ - Other movies and shows discussed: All the President's Men (1976) Betty Blue (1986) Delicatessen (1991) The Little Mermaid (1989) Miss Sloane (2016) 9 to 5 (1980) Powers of Ten (1977) Trading Places…","meta_description":"In this bonus episode, Professor Karen Cheng shares more thoughts about Working Girl (1988), a movie she loves. We discuss the cinematography, Harrison Fo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":43200,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/designers-on-film-6968004/episodes/working-girl-1988-with-karen-cheng-more-thoughts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/designers-on-film-6968004/working-girl-1988-with-karen-cheng-more-thoughts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}