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  • Design
  • Episode 758
  • 17 Jun 2026
  • 27 min

How a boutique studio landed the Obama Presidential Center brief 

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  • The Entrepreneurs
  • Design
  • Episode 758
  • 27 min

As the Barack Obama Presidential Center opens in Chicago, we meet a husband-and-wife team whose brand studio was appointed the prime design partner for the historic civil landmark. Tom Crabtree and Patricia Callaway discuss Manual’s work with the Obama Foundation and the inherent challenges to a presidential commission.

Host
  • Tom Edwards
Contributors
  • Jack Jewers
  • Laura Kramer

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