Unfinished Business

This week on Unfinished Business, Andy and Rich are back on their every two week schedule and kick off by talking about the books they’re both writing. They discuss Andy’s plans for his new Standout Designs for the Web, while Rich gives an update to his second edition of his classic Web Typography.

This week on Unfinished Business, Andy and Rich are joined by the renowned type designer Veronika Burian of TypeTogether. They talk about the Futura 100 project and what’s changed since she started TypeTogether twenty years ago.

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In this episode of Unfinished Business, Rich and I talk about the best type of RFP (request for proposal) and how Rich got excited when he recently one which stood out from the rest.

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In this episode of Unfinished Business, Andy and Rich talk about retainers and maintenance contracts, and Andy asks Richard’s advice on how to sell them to new clients. As he’s prone to do, Andy also talks about Wrexham football club.

In this episode of Unfinished Business, Andy and Rich talk about contracts, how they use them, and some of the pitfalls they’ve both experienced.

In this episode of Unfinished Business, Andy talks about what he learned from running an online layout workshop and Rich describes his new, up-coming conference, Web Day Out.

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Welcome to a brand spanking new Unfinished Business with Andy Clarke and Richard Rutter. In this first episode, Andy and Richard (re)introduce themselves and talk about why they’re making new episodes of Unfinished Business.

I’m your host, Andy Clarke , and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.co.uk/books . Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art directors and designers working on the web today. In this episode, Rob Weychert and I discuss Art Di...

I’m your host, Andy Clarke , and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.co.uk/books . Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art directors and designers working on the web today. In this episode, Stephen Hay and I discuss Art Dir...

I’m your host, Andy Clarke , and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.co.uk/books . Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art directors and designers working on the web today. In this episode, David Sleight and I discuss Art D...

I’m your host, Andy Clarke , and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.co.uk/books . Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art directors and designers working on the web today. In this episode, Rachel Andrew and I discuss Art D...

I’m your host, Andy Clarke , and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.co.uk/books . Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art directors and designers working on the web today. In this episode, Dan Mall and I discuss Art Direct...

I’m your host, Andy Clarke , and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.co.uk/books . Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art directors and designers working on the web today. In this episode, Mark Porter and I discuss Art Dir...

Welcome to this new season of the Unfinished Business podcast. Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll be discussing art directing for web with my guests, some of the most experienced art directors and designers working on the web today. I’m your host, Andy Clarke , and I’m writing a Hardboiled Web Design book about Art Directing for the Web. You can find out more about that at stuffandnonsense.c...

I’m warning you now, it’s a very different kind of episode of Unfinished Business this week as Rachel Andrew and I talk about our feelings on the referendum result for the UK to leave the EU. We talk about the issues that will affect us, you and our businesses in the coming months and years and what we’re already doing to help mitigate them. Look, if you’re outside the UK, you might find our point...