Outside of designing things, like record covers, sometime I get to make records. I play bass in @massagetheband . We’re friends, and now all parents, and we get together usually once a week for an hour or two, play old songs, work on new stuff and get a late dinner. Over the last decade we’ve managed to write enough music for 2 full lengths and an ep. Today we announced our third full length “Coaster” and I couldn’t be more proud of this one. Cover art is by @gabrielleferrer who also sings on our first single “Daffy Duck”, which was released today. Check the @massagetheband to see it and follow along as we release new music before the full album comes out in October. Thanks @mtstmtn , @prefect.records & @bobo_integral for liking what we do enough to make it available worldwide.
New site’s up! A much needed refresh after my old site died last year. I’ve added a couple of dozen case studies, spanning the last 2 decades of my work and a couple of hundred images of work and bts. Check out
davidrager.co or my link in profile.
From space to storytelling, our next guest brings a rare view into how design moves people, systems, and culture.
@regard is a visionary creative executive and strategic design leader with two decades of experience, most recently as Creative Director at @nasa Headquarters, where he manages the ($22B value) NASA brand.
David leverages design to drive organizational transformation, optimize operations and deliver measurable impact across diverse sectors including government (JPL, NASA), entertainment (Disney+, Disney Digital Network - reaching an audience of over 1B), and cultural institutions (MoCA, New Museum).
David takes the stage at our AI & Creativity Summit in NY in just two weeks.
It’s been awhile since I made a music video, and this is the first time making one my own band. Daffy Duck by @massagetheband , source footage from early 1900s / internet archive.
Thanks to @thisiscollins , @bymonotype for having me at Collins House at SXSW which was held at the beautiful @arlynstudios . It was fun to get to present on the history and culture that built NASA going back to 1915 (NACA) up through Apollo and how our art / comms teams stepped up along with the space program up through the work we do today. Double merci to @brianthomascollins for curating a great day and thx @marc_english for snapping a few photos as I had to flee to NASA House immediately after my talk
This weekend we premiered our new documentary for NASA - “New Visions of Earth” at NASA House SXSW, followed by a Q&A with science lead Karen St Germain and the Filmakers from Lookout Mountain @thaddeusruzicka / Tristan Patterson. Photos by @_chrisstokes_
