Working: Artist Dan-ah Kim on Picture Books and Graphic Designs for The Gilded Age

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🗓️ 3 April 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This week, host Karen Han talks to artist and designer Dan-ah Kim, whose work includes the picture book The Grandmasters Daughter and multiple graphic design projects for film and television. In the interview, Dan-ah discusses her traditional style of working and explains how she adapted her work to the picture book form. Then she talks about her graphic design work for the HBO series The Gilded Age. After the interview, Karen and co-host Isaac Butler discuss martial arts and the difficult work of balancing personal projects with a day job. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Dan-ah talks about dabbling in the world of fashion design. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A brand new movie from the Paw Patrol is ready to launch.
0:03.8	Did he say launch?
0:04.8	No, I said launch.
0:07.8	This October, we got superpowers.
0:10.0	Awesome.
0:11.0	Prepare for a movie event so enormous.
0:13.0	Go right in with the big does now.
0:15.0	You'll need to see it on the biggest screen possible.
0:19.0	We're going to need a new name for ourselves.
0:20.5	How about the Paw Patrol?
0:22.0	Paw Patrol.
0:23.0	We're just a little bit extra.
0:24.5	Paw Patrol, the Mighty Movie, it's the first this weekend.
0:27.5	Only in cinema.
0:28.5	So October 13.
0:29.5	Book tickets now.
0:38.5	I love working on movies, but at the end of the day, it's still someone else's story.
0:44.5	And I really wanted to make my own.
0:46.5	And kids are basically the best audience.
0:49.5	And I had some ideas for books.
0:51.5	And then I just became obsessed with the idea of doing picture books from then on.
0:57.5	Welcome back to working.
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