Watching people work (on creative-process documentaries)

10/22/2026

Soft Ratios Research

0:00

29:27

A finished work looks like it was always going to be that way. What are the films of people still at work refusing to let disappear?

More episodes from "Soft Ratios Research"

Light waits for a hand (on Jay Osgerby)
11/3/2026
23:17
Can a lamp do more than light a table, changing the distance between faces, yet leave the gathering free to take its own shape?
Nine degrees change the chair (on Edward Barber)
10/29/2026
19:46
How can nine degrees turn an ordinary plastic chair into a second posture, without adding a hinge, lever, or instruction?
Don't miss an episode of “Soft Ratios Research” and subscribe to it in the GetPodcast app.
Watching people work (on creative-process documentaries)
10/22/2026
29:27
A finished work looks like it was always going to be that way. What are the films of people still at work refusing to let disappear?
Smarter minds outrun the forecast (on Vernor Vinge’s singularity)
10/20/2026
21:17
When intelligence beyond us can improve the tools of thought, is the future unknowable, or does the horizon just keep moving?
Curb ramps keep disagreement possible (on the smooth city)
10/15/2026
26:53
Can a city make movement easy without smoothing away public disagreement? Curb ramps, shared power, and who carries the friction.
Houses translate the signature (on Raf Simons)
10/13/2026
17:31
What happens when three houses translate the same designer, and why can shared taste, skilled hands, or broad authority still fail?
Pleats arrive after the seams (on Issey Miyake)
10/8/2026
23:44
When one famous name gathers cloth, machines and many hands into a garment, how do we keep the working world behind it visible?
Depth changes who decides (on Donella Meadows)
10/6/2026
24:40
The deeper a change reaches, the more lives it can reshape, so who gets to make it, and who has the power to refuse or revise it?
Baskets change what invention sees (on Ursula K. Le Guin)
10/1/2026
24:15
Why does invention look like a spear thrown forward, while the baskets, care, and repair that carry life disappear from the story?
Abundance moves the tollbooth (on creative bottlenecks)
9/29/2026
22:59
When usable first drafts become nearly free, does creative power spread, or move to whoever controls what happens after the draft?

More Episodes

Get the whole world of podcasts with the free GetPodcast app.

Subscribe to your favorite podcasts, listen to episodes offline and get thrilling recommendations.

A company from

Watching people work (on creative-process documentaries)

Soft Ratios Research

More episodes from "Soft Ratios Research"

Light waits for a hand (on Jay Osgerby)

Nine degrees change the chair (on Edward Barber)

Watching people work (on creative-process documentaries)

Smarter minds outrun the forecast (on Vernor Vinge’s singularity)

Curb ramps keep disagreement possible (on the smooth city)

Houses translate the signature (on Raf Simons)

Pleats arrive after the seams (on Issey Miyake)

Depth changes who decides (on Donella Meadows)

Baskets change what invention sees (on Ursula K. Le Guin)

Abundance moves the tollbooth (on creative bottlenecks)