Episode 10, Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Chris Blum is a graphic artist and art director who works in a variety of mediums from product graphics and advertising to film and video production. He’s also a lifelong producer of art boxes: dimensional collages that combine wordplay and found objects to make a statement about current events and cultural affairs. Chris is an ardent student of pop culture and I collaborated with him for many years when communicating about issues of food and agricultural policy.

I spoke with Chris Blum about his ability to visualize his creative projects, what it was like to work with Tom Waits, the art of making a wine label, and his great grandfather’s confectionary business.