407: David Rager

David Rager is an accomplished Creative Director with over two decades of experience in design leadership, brand building, and environmental experiences. As NASA's current Creative Director, he oversees the agency's visual brand and iconic Graphics Standards Manual and is responsible for reintroducing the NASA Logotype (Worm). Previously, Rager led teams at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Disney, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, and the New Museum, and co-founded Weekends, a design studio operating between Paris and Los Angeles.

TOOLS:
0:00 – Intro
1:29 – Solar Awareness / Lumos Sun Tracking App
11:27 – Hori Hori Garden Tool
14:41 – Sodastream Hack
21:51 – Quanta Vinyl Streaming
30:11 – Getty Pacific Standard Time exhibit
30:35 – The Ecology Center

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