Paul Sahre is a New York based designer who has worked with everyone from Marvel, to Google, to the New York times. He’s an expert cover designer. He’s designed album covers for bands like They Might be Giants, covers for magazines like New York Magazine, and book covers for authors like Chuck Klosterman. In this episode Paul talks about his new book, Two Dimensional Man, his love of making stuff, and the importance of once having had his design office, Office of Paul Sahre (OOPS), above a Dunkin’ Donuts in New York City.

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Host: Paddy Harrington

Producer and Editor: Max Cotter

Frontier’s sponsor music is an edited version of “sketch (rum-portrait)” by Jahzzar from the album “Sketches.” The original can be found at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Sketches/sketch_rum-portrait_158

This episode features an edited version of “ma'am” by Jahzzar from the album “Sketches.” The original can be found at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Sketches/maam_1195

This episode features an edited version of “Lick Stick ” by Blue Dot Sessions from the album “Nursery.” The original can be found at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Nursury/Lick_Stick

This episode features an edited version of “Everybody” by Podington Bear from the album “Carefree.” The original can be found at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Carefree/Everybody

This episode features an edited version of “In And Out ” by Podington Bear from the album “Daydream.” The original can be found at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Daydream/In_And_Out_1906