24 Aileen Kwun and Bryn Smith

Published: May 23, 2016, 11:39 p.m.

20 over 80: Conversations with Legends of Architecture and Design\xa0is the antidote to those breathless, over-hyped lists you\u2019ve seen, trying to predict which baby-faced youngster will be the next big thing in their creative practice. A compilation of unique interviews with such greats as Milton Glaser, Michael Graves,\xa0Phyllis Lambert, Jens Risom, Denise Scott Brown\xa0and Deborah Sussman, 20 over 80 not only draws a thread through the last century of creative practice, but is also a testament to the talented\xa0people whose lifetime of experience came to define today\u2019s design and architecture.

Editors Aileen Kwun and Bryn Smith joined Amelia Taylor-Hochberg\xa0to discuss how they approached the dream assignment of interviewing such "legends", and the surprising similarities and differences running through the interviewees' history.