This is our last episode of Working File, at least for a little while. Linda and Maurice join Matt and Andy to go down the list of possible topics for shows that we never got to make. It's a Working File lightning round! Thanks to all of our contributors over the past year who helped make the show a reality.

Links Discussed
Wrist Robot
Machine Learning
Material Design
Bootstrap
Wordpress
Abstract
Git
Frank Chimero
Frank's Rowhome Illustration
Official Objectified Poster
Andy's Ripoff of the Objectified Poster
Matt's Objectified Poster
Luba Lukova
Everything is a Remix

This episode features Matt and Andy having a one-on-one conversation about the future of Working File and the difference between expressive and functional design projects.

Links Discussed

• On the Grid
• Numerology
• The Beginning of Infinity
• David Cole
• Waterfall Model

Matt is back for a lively discussion with Victoria and new contributor Daisy Sun about self-esteem and how to get a job when the world tells you that you're underqualified. Should you apply for a job if you don't meet the posted requirements? How do you break into an industry that feels elite and inaccessible to you? Is getting fired from Ben & Jerry's for being too short to scoop the ice cream technically discrimitation?

Links Discussed
Lord of the Rings "Cave"
SnapApp
Wayfair
Wayfair Jingle
NGP VAN
How to Pronounce Wacom
FontBureau
Ben & Jerry's
David Foster Wallace on Fish
Dear Prudence
Food Lust People Love

Matt and Andy take an episode off and Maurice wrangles three new contributors from all over the country to discuss how geography influences design community. Richard Wade Morgan, Kim Green, and Jamal Collins call in from Atlanta, Boseman, and Clevenland, respectively, and compare their experiences as a designer in different locales. Links Discussed Studio WadeSarah LawrenceWeapons of Mass CreationAdventures in Design PodcastMontana State UniversityBora ShehuUniversity of GeorgiaLiving Walls AtlantaGoat Farm Arts CenterRazorfishSon & SonsMailchimpKabbageMake America Gay AgainLost-N-Found Youth

Long time contributor Maurice Cherry organized this episode where Andy, Matt, and new contributor Jon Lewis discuss what it's like starting your own business as a designer. What are the reasons to start something new instead of getting a normal, stable job? What are the most difficult parts that no one ever tells you about?

Links Discussed

Lunch
MetaLab
Bakken & Bæck
Million Dollar Matchmaker
Elevate App
Mike Monteiro

We take a break from our normal topical panel shows this week for something different. Prompted by an interview with Simon Sinek, Andy and Linda have a one-on-one discussion about our generation's attitudes towards work and social media. How does our approach to our careers differ from our parents'? Are connections made through social media less meaningful, or at least different, than those made in real life?

Links Discussed
Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Friends of The Web
The Great Recession
Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
The Borg
Our Incredible Journey
Ueno
MailChimp
Candy Crush
Steve Jobs
2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami
Millennials

This episode is all about education. Andy, Matt, Meg, and Maurice share their origin stories as we discuss the differences between being self-taught and learning about design through a formal, paid program. How do you find your voice when you begin your career working for others? How do you learn humility after you've spent four years and tens of thousands of dollars becoming an expert in something?

Links Discussed
Working File Episode 2 — The Artist and the Problem Solver
Morehouse College
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Wolfram Mathematica
Lunch
Sarah Huny Young
Huny on Revision Path
Husani on Revision Path
Husani Oakley
Savannah College of Art and Design
Maryland Institute College of Art
Kutztown University
Rhode Island School of Design
Clients from Hell
Josef Albers
Lynda
Skillshare
Black in Design 2017
Revision Path
Creative Works
AIGA Eye on Design Conference

Annie and Jon join us for a speculative discussion about the future of design. Will artificial intelligence and machine learning replace us in the future? How will we develop taste in automated systems? What will become of our industry when capitalism finally implodes?

Links Discussed
“Merlin Manndroid”
AirBNB Design
Artificial Intelligence
Assembly Line
Twitterbot
Algorithm
Pun
Machine Learning
Word Embedding
Pupper2Vec: Analyzing Internet Dog Slang with Machine Learning
Anthony Jeselnik
Markov Chain
Replika App
Creativity
Planet Money
AirBNB — Painting with Code
Material Design
Image Synthesis From Text With Deep Learning
Philosopher King
Basic Income
A/B Testing
Zine
Baby Boomers
The arc of the universe is long…
Dark Ages
List of Countries by Infant Mortality Rate
The Matrix
Pokémon Red Programmed in Minecraft
Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning
Musical Novelty Search — Evolutionary Algorithms + Ableton Live
Moonlight
Upstream Color
Dream Daddy
SmarterChild
Alexa
Siri

On this episode, Matt, Andy, and Kristy are joined by new contributor Sabrina Majeed to discuss what it means to be senior in any field. Find out what potential employers think of your years of experience and what it means to be a mature designer.

Links Discussed
On Being a Senior Engineer
Buzzfeed
Slack
Bill O'Reilly
Kate Arnonwitz
Hire Sabrina

This episode reunites Matt and Andy with Dan Auer, cohost of On the Grid, the podcast that eventually led to the creation of Working File. We get caught up on developments in Dan's life and discuss how we've grown and changed in the five years since we recorded the first episode of On the Grid.

Links Discussed
On the Grid
My Brother, My Brother, and Me
Andy's Garden on Instagram
Cyberbullying
Dreamcast
Pentagram
Hedonic Treadmill
Burning Man
Sagmeister & Walsh

Robyn and Chappell join us for an episode all about the presence or absence of “weird” sensibility in graphic design. We start off talking about the new art direction of Bloomberg Businessweek but end up discussing capitalism, Snapchat, and the SR-71 Blackbird.

Links Discussed
Bloomberg Businessweek
Adobe Acrobat
Vectors Conference
Laverne and Shirley Intro
Etsy
PageRank
Bloomberg Businessweek Tim Cook Cover Comparison️
Time Magazine
Newsweek
Richard Turley
Snapchat
Allison McCann
Jennifer Daniel
Tracy Ma
Lucky Peach Magazine
The Economist
Urban Outfitters
GOOD Magazine
Coinstar
Machine Learning
A/B Testing
David Carson
Cult of the Ugly by Steven Heller
Drop Cap
Gemini
The Establishment
Ray Gun Magazine
Emigre Magazine
Brutalism
Chappell and Eric Hu's Twitter Thread
Ralph Caplan
Yale Graphic Design
Metahaven
Trapper Keeper
Gotham
The Outline
Law of the Instrument
VSCO
Clear App
SNAP on the New York Stock Exchange
Skunk Works
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Parallax Scrolling
Five Thirty Eight
Vice
Nada Surf