017: Jason Santa Maria
date May 16, 2013 time 1:23:56
Jason Santa Maria, co-founder of Editorially and A Book Apart, talks about growing up in the country, life in New York, design, education, failure, typography and more.
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date May 16, 2013 time 1:23:56
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