Click to learn about the visionaries featured in the second season of Netflix's hit show.
Olafur Eliasson
season 2 - episode 1
Instalation artist
Born: Denmark, 1967
Based: Berlin
The work you know:
2008’s New York City-commissioned Water Falls, a summer installation of cascading water under the Brooklyn Bridge.
The work you don't:
Whenever the Rainbow Appears, 2010 multi-media work at The Israel Museum.
Neri oxman
season 2 - episode 2
Bio-Architect, Professor at the MIT Media Lab
Born: Israel, 1967
Based: Boston
The work you know:
2013’s Silk Pavilion, which featured a dome spun from 6,500 silkworms.
The work you don't:
As the founder of MIT’s Mediated Matter research group, she has led a team in exploring the fusion of natural and synthetic materials using digital fabrication, 3D printing, and computational design.
Ruth
Carter
season 2 - episode 3
Costume Designer
Born: Springfield, MA, 1960
Based: Santa Monica
The work you know:
Black Panther, Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, the Academy Award she won last year.
The work you don't:
The orange catsuit Halle Berry wore in 1997’s BAPS.
Cas Holman
season 2 - episode 4
founder and principal designer of Heroes Will Rise, professor Rhode Island School of Design
Born: 1974
Based: Providence, RI
The work you know:
The Rigamajig, a construction playset designed to encourage invention.
The work you don't:
AnjiPlay, a play-based childhood curriculum system serving more than 14,000 children in China from ages 3 to 6.
ian
spalter
season 2 - episode 5
Head of Instagram Japan
Born: New Rochelle, NY
Based: Tokyo
The work you know:
The look, feel, and user experience of Instagram.
The work you don't:
Nike Fuelband
Jonathan Hoefler
season 2 - episode 6
typeface designer
Born: New York, NY, 1970
Based: NYC
The work you know:
Apple iPhone and Barack Obama
The work you don't:
Natural Resources Defense Council. In 2014, Hoefler and his partner Tobias Frere-Jones split, with Frere-Jones suing Hoefler for his share of the company.
OLAFUR ALIASSON
NERI
OXMAN
CAS
HOLMAN
RUTH
CARTER
IAN
SPALTER
JONATHAN
HOEFLER