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Extreme Design (2001) Spencer Drate Artworks by Alexandros Maslatzides (Studio Pangaia)

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Salavetz: Many of the preliminary meetings we went to, it was as if I were invisible and I know it was because I was a woman. When the meeting would get started and people would start talking, the clients would look straight at Spencer and talk directly to him. Rumpus: Do you think that’s changed over time? Salavetz: Oh, absolutely! I also think because I was kind of insecure at that time, not about my talents, but because I didn’t want to make waves. I didn’t want us to lose the job and I used to think that if I spoke up or had any input that it was going to be looked on in a negative manner because it was a woman talking. So I always waited until Spencer and I would get back to our studio, and then we would discuss the direction we would go in, what we were going to do, etc. Together we’ve designed for twenty-two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.

Sound & Vision #17: Spencer Drate & Julia Salvatez by Allyson McCabe