How a boutique studio landed the Obama Presidential Center brief

Episode notes

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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