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What makes a designer a designer? Timothy Liles speaks with Michael DiTullo

Sculptor and former Nike footwear designer, Timothy Liles goes 1:1 with Michael DiTullo as they contemplate 2nd acts, the importance of therapy for creative-types, and the blurred lines between design, art, craft – examining their own experiences with the working world’s impulse to separate labor and narrow focus.

In this, the third installment of the Core77 1:1 with Michael DiTullo series, we meet Tim, a former-colleague of Michael who worked at Converse with him in Boston. They discuss their time there and at RISD and then get into the underlying issues that all designers face as they try to define their own niche and creative practice.

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