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Send us Fan Mail This is the second episode in a 3-part mini series about exploring creative education, both as a noun and a verb; new ways of thinking about assessments, grading and ungrading with 3 brilliant educators who work and teach in the spaces of communication, design, creativity, art and art therapy.  In this episode, you’ll hear from researcher, educator, designer and artist, Rupsha Mut...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first episode in a 3-part mini series about exploring creative education, both as a noun and a verb; new ways of thinking about assessments, grading and ungrading with 3 brilliant educators who work and teach in the spaces of communication, design, creativity, art and art therapy.  First up is Dom Prevost, Group Creative Director at Resonance and also teaches at IDEA S...

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 5!) This episode is guest hosted by Natalie Annabelle. Name: Lora Release Date: 2022 Designers: Cyreal, (Type Designer) Alexei Vanyashin, (Photographer) Olga Karpushina Classificatio...

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 5!) This episode is guest hosted by Sam Weinberg. Name: Eurostile Release Date: 1962 Designer: Aldo Novarese Classification: Geometric Owned By: URW Type Foundry Claim to Fame: Popul...

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 5!) This episode is guest hosted by Joanne Liao. Name: Abhaya Libre  Release Date: 2015 Designer: Sol Matas Classification: Serif Owned By: The Abhaya Libre Project Authors Claim to...

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 5!) This episode is guest hosted by Matthew Karton. Name: Lexend  Release Date: 2019 Designers: Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Linnea Lundquist, and later Thomas Jockin, Santiago Orozco, Hécto...

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 5!) This episode is guest hosted by Darrab Qureshi. Name: Georgia Release Date: 1996 Designer: Matthew Carter Classification: Transitional Scotch Roman style Owned By: Microsoft Corp...

Send us Fan Mail This is the fifth and final episode in a 5-part guest lecture series in GCM 806 Advanced Typography, speaking with design typography pros from across North America! This episode features Koy Sun, a seasoned Thai American artist, whose decade-long journey through the realms of custom lettering and illustration has recently expanded into the vibrant territories of sign painting and...

Send us Fan Mail This is the fourth episode in a 5-part guest lecture series in GCM 806 Advanced Typography, speaking with design typography pros from across North America! This episode features Jamie Chang, founder of Manic Type in Toronto, Canada. You’ll hear Jamie draw parallels between brand identity design and type design, better understand his process and hear about ways that designing a typ...

Send us Fan Mail This is the third episode in a 5-part guest lecture series in GCM 806 Advanced Typography, speaking with design typography pros from across North America! In this episode features the legendary, Jessica Hische. You’ll hear Jessica’s origin story in graphic design and illustration, how she works with sources of inspiration and what her process looks like (yes, verbal brainstorming!...

Send us Fan Mail This is the second episode in a 5-part guest lecture series in GCM 806 Advanced Typography, speaking with design typography pros from across North America! In this episode you’ll hear about Chris’ recent projects, the magic to be found in creative constraints, and helpful advice about where to find inspiration. You’ll hear about Chris’ typical process, his thoughts on how many is...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first episode in a 5-part guest lecture series in GCM 806 Advanced Typography, speaking with design typography pros from across North America! In this episode you’ll hear design, illustrator and content creator, Fiorella Granda, discuss her relatively recent shift to full-time illustration, her creative process and the way passion projects fuel her work with big brands...

Send us Fan Mail On the heels of his debut as Mufasa in Mirvish’s The Lion King last Friday night, Oren Williamson is here to chat all things creativity, collaboration and comedy!  In this episode, you’ll hear Oren’s origin story moving through his non-linear creative journey. You’ll hear him explain the process to play a role in The Lion King’s production, as well as a moment-by-moment account of...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever found yourself straddling the world of art and the world of design, not sure if you should commit fully to one or the other?  Enter Zach Litoff, a multi-media artist AND designer whose work blends art and design to create visually compelling narratives. He’s here to chat about existing in both worlds and the benefits he’s found in living in multiple creative spaces. ...

Send us Fan Mail We’re talking about brands with multi award winning designer Amelia Nash, Brand & Marketing Manager for the School of Visual Arts Masters in Branding program and Senior Staff Writer for PRINT Magazine. In this conversation, you’ll hear about Amelia’s predictions in branding through 2025 related to strategy, design and emerging practices. She shares her excitement about typogra...

Send us Fan Mail Let’s talk portfolios! Meet Robert Smith, a seasoned creative leader, branding strategist, and published author with over 30 years of experience in the design and marketing industry. He is the architect/creative director of the beloved Farm Boy brand. With a reputation for blending creativity with business acumen, Robert has been recognized with more than 100 industry awards for e...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, you’ll meet one of Diana's best friends, Eden Kim, who talks about her recent career break travelling around the world and the lessons she’s learned along the way. Eden considers herself a global citizen, with home being wherever her heart happens to be visiting at any given time. Over the years, she’s transformed from a 21-year-old from South Korea who didn’...

Send us Fan Mail Back your bags, we’re going on a trip!  Today I am speaking with Mark Domanski, Director of Destinations, who oversees the build and expansion of the immersive miniature exhibits at Little Canada.  In this conversation, you’ll hear about the design and creative collaboration within Little Canada, as well as the attraction’s origin story. You’ll learn about the interdisciplinary na...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are talking about signs that define Toronto! Featured today is Kurt Kraler, a registered Architect (OAA) and project manager at ERA Architects and co-creator of the book “The Signs That Define Toronto”. In this episode you’ll better understand how and why signs can tell us so much about the changing culture of a city, including iconic signs like Honest Ed’s, Tip Top Tailo...

Send us Fan Mail This final episode of 2024 features Austrian interface and app designer and fellow type geek, Oliver Schöndorfer. In this episode, you’ll learn LOTS about web typography, specifically: How Oliver defines web typography Web font hierarchy  The ins and outs of choosing a typeface for the web The difference between ‘web fonts’ and ‘web safe fonts’ A brief history of web typography Th...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Radim Malinic, the creative director and designer at the helm of award-winning branding and creative studio Brand Nu Studio and the independent publishing firm Brand Nu Books. In this episode, you’ll hear about Radim’s journey and evolution with mindfulness techniques, why Radim is a self-described ‘Eternally Curious Idiot’, what his unbalanced existence used...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Alec Vivier-Reynaud, a french bio-designer and graphic designer. At the intersection of biology and graphic design, his biodesign researches propose a new paradigm where images become living entities. You’ll hear about Alec’s love of printmaking and how Alec’s proprietary process works. If you think combining cyan, magenta, yellow and black is cool, you’ll be...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features Jess Goldsmith, founder of Women of Type ! In this episode, you’ll hear about Jess’ role in the world of type, including the community she’s created, uplifting and amplifying the work of women and non-binary artists in the typography and lettering industry.  You'll also hear about recent features that Jess is jazzed about and ways to get featured on the...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features a conversation with Toronto-based designer, developer and accessibility specialist, Michael Young. His graduate level research involves making technology more accessible, specifically through the expansion of Raleway; an open source Google font used in communications by the Ontario Government. In this episode you’ll hear more about Michael’s gateway into this...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features an in-person conversation at Canada’s largest graphic design conference with type aficionado, Carl Shura!  In this episode you’ll hear LOTS of excellent type geekery, such as:  The history of the typeface Cooper Black and the ways it’s connected to Carl as a person The idea that letterforms are just ‘blobs with defects’ How Carl worked backwards from a few le...