Design Matters Today with Ze Frank

Joining me on todays broadcast of Design Matters with Debbie Millman is Ze Frank.

Ze Frank is an online performance artist, composer, humorist and public speaker. In 2001, Frank created an online birthday invitation called How To Dance Properly and sent it to seventeen of his closest friends. Forwarded wildly, the invitation soon generated millions of hits and over 100 gigabytes of daily web traffic to Frank's personal Web site. His site has grown to include interactive group projects, short films, animations, and video games, many Flash-based, including children's educational videos featuring handy tips such as "Don't vacuum your face.” Frank won a 2002 Webby Award for Best Personal Website and was featured in Time Magazine's "50 Coolest Websites" in 2005. Frank debuted onstage at the Gel Conference in 2003, and later spoke at the TED Conference in 2004 and 2005. In March of 2006, Frank launched a daily video blog known simply as the show with zefrank. Each tightly-edited, three-to-five minute episode combined Daily Show-style commentary on world events with songs, observations, and occasional games or challenges for his viewers to participate in. the show has quickly became the most popular portion of his site. Frank has also served as an Adjunct Professor at New York University, Parsons School of Design and SUNY Purchase.

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