Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
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.
WEBSITE: davidrager.co
TOOLS:
0:00 - Intro
1:29 - Solar Awareness / Lumos Sun Tracking App apps.apple.com/us/app/lumos-sun-and-moon-tracker/id725106192
11:27 - Hori Hori Garden Tool: plant-material.com/collections/hori-hori/products/hori-hori-stainless-steel-serrated-edge?variant=39569468719207
14:41 - Sodastream Hack: geni.us/RLhM
21:51 - Quanta Vinyl Streaming: https://quantavinyl.app/
30:11 - Getty Pacific Standard Time exhibit: https://www.getty.edu/projects/pacific-standard-time-2024/
30:35 -The Ecology Center: theecologycenter.org
For show notes and transcript visit: kk.org/cooltools/david-rager-creative-director-at-nasa
To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
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.
WEBSITE: davidrager.co
TOOLS:
0:00 - Intro
1:29 - Solar Awareness / Lumos Sun Tracking App apps.apple.com/us/app/lumos-sun-and-moon-tracker/id725106192
11:27 - Hori Hori Garden Tool: plant-material.com/collections/hori-hori/products/hori-hori-stainless-steel-serrated-edge?variant=39569468719207
14:41 - Sodastream Hack: geni.us/RLhM
21:51 - Quanta Vinyl Streaming: https://quantavinyl.app/
30:11 - Getty Pacific Standard Time exhibit: https://www.getty.edu/projects/pacific-standard-time-2024/
30:35 -The Ecology Center: theecologycenter.org
For show notes and transcript visit: kk.org/cooltools/david-rager-creative-director-at-nasa
To sign up to be a guest on the show, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/qc496XB6bGbrAEKK7
